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Xref: sserve vmsnet.pdp-11:2968 alt.folklore.computers:70072 comp.unix.bsd:15615 comp.unix.misc:15103 comp.unix.programmer:22242 comp.sys.3b1:8249 comp.unix.questions:58942 comp.unix.admin:25343 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!fndcd.fnal.gov!levy From: levy@fndcd.fnal.gov Newsgroups: vmsnet.pdp-11,alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer,comp.sys.3b1,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Freeing UNIX and Destroying Novell - Please read this if you care about UNIX (was: UNIX on PDP-11) Date: 16 Dec 94 14:03:27 -0600 Organization: The Black Hole Lines: 29 Message-ID: <1994Dec16.140327@fndcd.fnal.gov> References: <CMM.0.90.0.787367041.bqt@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE> <3crav0$p21@umbc9.umbc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcd00.fnal.gov In article <3crav0$p21@umbc9.umbc.edu>, rdavis4@umbc.edu (R. D. Davis) writes: > How can we accomplish this? Well, unless I'm wrong, Novell is a > publicly held corporation. If we buy enough shares of stock in it, > guess what we can do? That's right, we can possibly overthrow or > destroy it and save UNIX! I figure that if all of the people around > the world who like UNIX are willing to spend whatever they can afford > to spend, within reason, of course (every single share bought counts! > ...but don't throw your entire life savings into this), be it a little > or a lot (but only if you can easily afford a lot -- this is a > worthwhile and noble goal, but not worth risking one's life savings, > one's home, etc.), then we can destroy that evil Novell corporation as > it now exists and bring an end to those horrid Novell networks as well > as saving UNIX. This will also make it easier for us to install and > upgrade UNIX on more machines by freeing the source licence. Take a look at my .sig. I have no problem with the destruction of Unix. It'll destroy itself anyway. If Novell is really trying to eliminate unix, more power to 'em. If you buy their stock, you just give them more capital to work with. -- =============================================================================== [ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ] =============================================================================== [ Mark E. Levy, N9RXF | ] [ BitNet: LEVY@FNAL | Unix: The only computer virus ] [ Internet: LEVY@FNAL.GOV | with a user interface. ] [ HEPnet/SPAN: FNAL::LEVY (VMS!) | (such as it is...) ] ===============================================================================