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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7166 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:49:07 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.wizards:28260 comp.org.eff.talk:11702 comp.org.usenix:3121 comp.unix.bsd:10135 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!uunet!gatech!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!cs.ubc.ca!van-bc!sl From: sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings... Organization: Wimsey Information Services Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 01:28:22 GMT Message-ID: <C12urA.7Dw@wimsey.bc.ca> References: <BETSYS.93Jan15143516@ra.cs.umb.edu> <1j7f5rINNqvn@ftp.UU.NET> <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> <1993Jan17.203539.6063@s4mjs.uucp> Lines: 30 In article <1993Jan17.203539.6063@s4mjs.uucp> mjs@s4mjs.uucp (M.J.Shannon) writes: >In article <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> tg@cs.toronto.edu (Tom Glinos) writes: >] I think it would be a great idea if USL people showed up. >] This way, we could tell them, in person, what we think. >] That's what USENIX is all about! > >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? Given the importance of presenting a positive image at a large trade show and the $$$ spent to achieve it, you can bet that two things would happen. First you *would* get noticed. And second you would probably be escorted off the premises. This may have some of the desired effect of course. Especially if the trade press noticed. -- Stuart Lynne <sl@wimsey.com> ......................... UNIX Facsimile Software Wimsey Information Technologies ................... moderator biz.sco.binaries uucp login:nuucp passwd:nuucp .................... ftp.wimsey.com:~ftp/ls-lR.Z PD Software for SCO UNIX .................... ftp.wimsey.com:~ftp/pub/wimseypd