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From: lancelot@spock.uucp (Thor Lancelot Simon)
Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings...
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In article <1993Jan15.223746.24608@fnbc.com> jja@fnbc.com (Joseph Alotta) writes:
>
>since i don't know anything about operating systems,
>perhaps i can get a cushy job writing one now.
>
>that makes me100% uncontaminated by any knowledge
>of my subject matter.
>
>are you listening usl?
>
>joe.

I can do you one better.  I've had access to AT&T Unix sources for at least four
years.  I've examined fairly closely, and at times modified, bits-n-pieces of
the V7 and 32V kernel source.  I've also worked with the 4.3 kernel guts, though
not as much.  However:

I'm a minor.  So I'm not bound by any contractual obligation, to AT&T or anyone
else.  If USL is still working on the trade-secret angle in their lawsuit, I
or others like me will, once we hit the mainstream of the computer industry,
be exactly the type of legal conduit for information that removes trade-secret
protection.  I doubt that USL has the legal resources to fight with the common
law...

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