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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7091 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:47:18 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.wizards:28248 comp.org.eff.talk:11658 comp.org.usenix:3111 comp.unix.bsd:10093 Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!bogus.sura.net!udel!intercon!psinntp!news.mentorg.com!sdl!plts!s4mjs!mjs From: mjs@s4mjs.uucp (M.J.Shannon) Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings... Message-ID: <1993Jan18.084217.11262@s4mjs.uucp> Organization: MJS's Box, Plainfield, NJ References: <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> <1993Jan17.203539.6063@s4mjs.uucp> <93Jan17.211032edt.847@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 08:42:17 GMT Lines: 48 In article <93Jan17.211032edt.847@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> tg@cs.toronto.edu (Tom Glinos) writes: ] ] >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. Down that path lies unemployment -- permanently (see Tom's signature below). Been there. Done that. Hated it. (You can quote me on that.) ] 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?? Well, you could say that's why I didn't enlist. It isn't why, but you could still say that. ] Remind you of someplace familiar?? Sure, any government -- no *place* has a monopoly on stupidity! Did I miss something (been there....)? ] -- ] ================= ] No regrets, ever! | Tom Glinos @ U of Toronto Statistics ] For down that path, lies madness | tg@utstat.toronto.edu As I said above, are you willing to be abused for your company's lawyers' mistakes -- and forfeit your gainful employment because of your beliefs (and theirs, and the lack of unanimity thereof)? Gimme a break! We all do what we have to to make a buck.... -- --------------+ <Delapsus Resurgam: When I fall I shall rise. --(10cc)> Marty Shannon | My opinions are just that. You may share them. No one mjs@s4mjs.uucp| speaks for me, and I speak only for myself -- no matter --------------+ where I post from. Get it? Post no flames.