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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7639 ; Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:19:14 EST Xref: sserve comp.org.eff.talk:11903 comp.unix.bsd:10342 comp.unix.wizards:28333 comp.org.usenix:3187 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.wizards,comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: ENOUGH! Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings... Message-ID: <1993Jan22.234254.13272@prl.dec.com> Date: 22 Jan 93 23:42:54 GMT References: <C0yK27.9Ly@csn.org> <1ja6bgINNh23@chnews.intel.com> <BZS.93Jan16205935@world.std.com> <1993Jan20.230616.25164@igor.tamri.com> Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: spooky.prl.dec.com In article <1993Jan20.230616.25164@igor.tamri.com>, jbass@igor.tamri.com (John Bass) writes: > > > It's time we get out of the herd mentality and view the USL vs BSDI > lawsuit as it really is ... a botched attempt by BSDI & Joltz to > plagiarize UNIX. Let's not make folk heros of them over their petty > actions. Lets focus instead on the other teams that are bringing us > our future. The lawsuit is a classic ploy to turn money (ie. lawyer's time) into power. If you can bankrupt a competitor through legal action, because it has less capital and can't survive `legal attrition' then it is a tool at your disposal. Whether it is `right' is another question. Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com I think you hear me knocking, and I think I'm coming in... And you know what? I'm already wearing the Bullet-Proof T-shirt.