[CLUE-Talk] SCO toast

[Charles Oriez]

Don't fight abuse with abuse, but I found this note from netcraft interesting



>Nick Marsh points out that the <http://www.sco.com>www.sco.com site has 
>been down for a long time - now over two days so far according to 
><http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/performance?site=www.sco.com&collector=all>our 
>performance 
>measurements<http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/performance?site=www.sco.com&collector=all>. 
>
>
>At the moment, it is not known whether the SCO site has been successfully 
>attacked, intentionally taken down, has lost connectivity or has simply broken.
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/24/sco_site_down_for_well_over_2_days.html>More...
>Posted by mhp at 06:41 PM UTC on Aug 24, 2003 in 
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/around_the_net.html>Around the Net, 
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/performance.html>Performance | 
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/24/sco_site_down_for_well_over_2_days.html>Link 
>to this article | 
><http://www.netcraft.com/cgi-bin/Survey/subscription>Subscribe
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/23/your_urgent_assistance_required.html>YOUR 
>URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED 
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/dogfood.html>Dogfood
>
>DEAR SIR/MADAM:
>
>I AM MR DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF 
>EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS 
>INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW THIS 
>LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS 
>OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.
>
>MY ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES WORTH AN 
>ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE 
>BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS.
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/23/your_urgent_assistance_required.html>More...
>Posted by mhp at 09:06 AM UTC on Aug 23, 2003 in 
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/dogfood.html>Dogfood | 
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/23/your_urgent_assistance_required.html>Link 
>to this article | 
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><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/17/linux_distribution_share_likely_to_change.html>Linux 
>distribution share likely to change 
><http://news.netcraft.com/archives/around_the_net.html>Around the Net
>




charles oriez          coriez at oriez.org
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