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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!decwrl!access.usask.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!adec23!mark From: mark@adec23.uucp (Mark Salyzyn) Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI Organization: ADEC Systems Inc. Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 19:36:01 GMT Message-ID: <1992Jul24.193601.5978@adec23.uucp> References: <4825@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul22.221515.23550@tfs.com> <1992Jul23.173248@eklektix.com> <1992Jul23.204845.28978@ddsw1.mcs.com> ralph@falcon.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Ralph Becker-Szendy) sez: > ... Stuff about feeling helpless ... >So the question is: What can I do (as a private individual) to help >BSDI, and intellectual freedom? Looks pretty bleak, doesn't it. The >only option is to directly donate money to BSDI, or (equivalent) buy a >copy of BSDI's Unix which I don't need right now. Ok, in the US litigant (tm) society, a counter suit sounds in order. Wasn't it AT&T that lost big last time a Anti-Trust violation was lodged against them? When one feels helpless against a giant, it comes time to split the giant up into tiny little pieces. This court case is a PRIME example of AT&T back to it's old tricks again and I think it is necessary to write to your congresspeople (or MPs in Canada) and make your feeling known that AT&T is beginning to corner the market again, against all competition. AT&T dweebs may think they can win a battle in new joisy, but if they in fact do, doesn't it also prove they have a monopoly? Ciao -- Mark Salyzyn