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From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
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Subject: Re: ENOUGH! Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings...
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Date: 22 Jan 93 23:42:54 GMT
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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.