Doctor Q
Aug 26, 2003, 07:01 PM
COMPUTERWORLD (http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,84402,00.htm)Fueled by the ongoing legal battle between Unix vendor The SCO Group Inc. and IBM, someone in the open-source community has apparently decided that the whole situation is a mockery in need of mocking.
In the past several weeks, a fake e-mail has been circulating and has been posted on numerous Web lists that purportedly comes from the keyboard of SCO CEO Darl McBride himself. The parody mimics the so-called Nigerian e-mail scam, which regularly appears in in-boxes everywhere, right down to the all-caps delivery and the tearful pleas for help.
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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 [sic] 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. ... Worth reading! But try not to send them your bank account number.
In the past several weeks, a fake e-mail has been circulating and has been posted on numerous Web lists that purportedly comes from the keyboard of SCO CEO Darl McBride himself. The parody mimics the so-called Nigerian e-mail scam, which regularly appears in in-boxes everywhere, right down to the all-caps delivery and the tearful pleas for help.
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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 [sic] 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. ... Worth reading! But try not to send them your bank account number.
