RE: [MLUG] SCO - Linux 'threaten's US Security

["Pepper, Mike" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Matthew, I'll go along with a letter to both SCO, and the RIAA.
I think that it is high time that the gray train ends.

Mike 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross, Matthew
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:15 AM
> To: MLUG Members
> Subject: RE: [MLUG] SCO - Linux 'threaten's US Security
> 
> > Are they complete jerks or what?
> 
> Yes, they are complete jerks.
> 
> A more lengthy discussion of this:
> http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/unix/story/0,10
> 801,89335,00.html?f=x79
> 
> "Separately, SCO yesterday revealed that a court hearing on 
> the IBM lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District 
> of Utah, scheduled for today, has been postponed until Feb 6. 
> The court had been expected to examine whether SCO had 
> complied with a December court order compelling it to provide 
> meaningful details of how IBM allegedly violated its 
> intellectual property. "
> 
> So they couldn't produce evidence, and now they're trying to 
> manipulate congress instead. Someone needs to point out that 
> many very good Linux distributions are European in origin.
> 
> Also:
> http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,1
> 0801,89249,00.html
> SCO's sueing Novell for not playing along.
> 
> 
> We represent a few states here, it might not be a bad idea to 
> start writing our Representatives and Senators about this. 
> There are a lot more voters using linux than there are paid 
> by SCO. We're way overdue for exerting some political 
> pressure. Anyone interested in putting our heads together for 
> a single well-worded letter to send?
> 
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