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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7623 ; Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:19:02 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.wizards:28329 comp.unix.bsd:10336 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!haven.umd.edu!umd5!roissy.umd.edu!mark From: mark@roissy.umd.edu (Mark Sienkiewicz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings... Message-ID: <18102@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 22 Jan 93 23:26:07 GMT References: <1j7f5rINNqvn@ftp.UU.NET> <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> <1993Jan17.203539.6063@s4mjs.uucp> Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Organization: University of Maryland Lines: 23 >] 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! > >Look, I'm not fond of what USL is doing *as* *a* *corporate* *body*, but >I like a lot of the things the folks in the trenches have done. Do you >seriously want to be abused because of the corporate policies of *your* >employer? It _is_ an opportunity to talk to USL people. It should _not_ be looked at as an occasion to yell and scream at them. If 50 people a day come to their booth and say "The USL suit against BSDI is making you look _really_ _bad_", that will get noticed. If you staff a booth at a trade show, its your _job_ to tell your employer when people are saying stuff like that. But resist the urge to say "You're all a bunch of assholes!!!" The people you talk to didn't cause this and don't deserve to take the heat for it. Be nice and you might get your point across. Be nasty and you just turn them against you.