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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7209 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:50:00 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.wizards:28266 comp.org.eff.talk:11728 comp.org.usenix:3127 comp.unix.bsd:10162 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!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!gator!towers!bluemoon!grant 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 Lines: 26 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.