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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7019 ; Fri, 15 Jan 93 17:12:28 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.wizards:28243 comp.org.eff.talk:11643 comp.org.usenix:3106 comp.unix.bsd:10078 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!usc!rpi!utcsri!relay.cs.toronto.edu!smoke.cs.toronto.edu!cs.toronto.edu!tg Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi From: tg@cs.toronto.edu (Tom Glinos) Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings... Message-ID: <93Jan17.211032edt.847@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto References: <BETSYS.93Jan15143516@ra.cs.umb.edu> <1j7f5rINNqvn@ftp.UU.NET> <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> <1993Jan17.203539.6063@s4mjs.uucp> Date: 18 Jan 93 02:11:04 GMT Lines: 25 >Uh, has it occurred to anyone out there that the folks doing the >litigating (the lawyers, presumably with prodding from the upper levels >of management) are the least likely folks to ever appear at a trade >show? The folks attending the conference are just like all the rest of >us trying to earn our keep by doing the UNIX/software thing. > >Look, I'm not fond of what USL is doing *as* *a* *corporate* *body*, but >I like a lot of the things the folks in the trenches have done. Do you >seriously want to be abused because of the corporate policies of *your* >employer? Yup, I pity the guy in the trenches. BUT, you ARE a representative of your company (USL) at a public function. Let the chain of command know that you don't like the situation and the public doesn't like it either. Imagine you are in a uniform. You think the enemy won't take shots at you because you don't share the same opinion as your political leaders?? Remind you of someplace familiar?? -- ================= No regrets, ever! | Tom Glinos @ U of Toronto Statistics For down that path, lies madness | tg@utstat.toronto.edu