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From: grant@bluemoon.use.com (Grant DeLorean)
Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings...
Message-ID: <1993Jan19.051621.10512@bluemoon.use.com>
Organization: Blue Moon
References: <BETSYS.93Jan15143516@ra.cs.umb.edu> <1j7f5rINNqvn@ftp.UU.NET> <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> <1993Jan17.203539.6063@s4mjs.uucp>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 05:16:21 GMT
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mjs@s4mjs.uucp (M.J.Shannon) writes:
>In article <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> tg@cs.toronto.edu (Tom Glinos) writes:
>] In article <1j7f5rINNqvn@ftp.UU.NET> sef@Kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>] >Ya' know... UseNIX is coming up. I kinda feel sorry for any USL people
>] >who might be coming. They're probably going to get a whole lot of unwanted
>] >(and probably undeserved) attention.
>]
>] 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.
Good points to remember.
Any thoughts on what the proposed Novell buyout of USL may bring?
--
\ Grant DeLorean - IHMSA & NRA Life Member - (grant@bluemoon.use.com) /
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.