A group statement on SCO's actions

[Steve Roundy]

I agree.  I don't think SCO could care less about the few of us who use
Linux in Utah County.  Not that our feelings don't or shouldn't matter
but the truth is that they don't matter to SCO.  So our statement would
likely "fall on deaf ears".



-----Original Message-----
From: pluglist-admin at plug.org [mailto:pluglist-admin at plug.org] On Behalf
Of Mitch Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 2:46 PM
To: pluglist at plug.org
Subject: Re: A group statement on SCO's actions

Personally, I don't really see the need for such a letter... I'm sure
SCO has seen the reactions from the community.  Its all over every tech
news feed I've seen.  Why continue what others have already done?  The
OSI Position Paper I think sums most anything anyone could bring up. 
Regardless I don't think any of it is going to change SCO's mind untill
the court ruling.

My .02 

Mitch


On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 08:37, Al Byers wrote:
> I floated a similar proposal to this in front of the PLUG list with
some 
> positive response. I think the Linux users in the area need to unite
and 
> make a statement about SCO's actions. With their agreement with 
> Microsoft it makes them look legitimate and if there are not enough 
> unified voices in opposition, it can only help their case. Utah Linux 
> users should be the most vocal because we have the most to lose. Like 
> all other Linux professionals, our access to Linux jobs and general 
> interest in and enhancement of Linux will slacken if corporations take

> SCO's bait and shy away from Linux. But more importantly, SCO's
actions 
> shame us as a community. Linux is an effort by hardworking programmers

> to be free from control by proprietary vendors. In this regard, we are

> not unlike the pioneers who settled this region. In my opinion, SCO is

> hijaacking this hard work with spurious claims. It is time for us to
act 
> responsibly to send a message that we believe the SCO claims to be 
> without merit and that this type of business activity does not
represent 
> the ethics of the majority in Utah.
> 
> I would like to see a representative from each LUG get together to
draft 
> a unified statement that could be signed by members at the LUG
meetings. 
> Then I think we should have an event, website, etc. that will be 
> press-worthy.
> 
> I could use some help in forwarding this to other Utah LUGs.
> 
> -Al

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