A group statement on SCO's actions

[Jesse Stay]

>From another standpoint, SCO wasn't really known to the public until the
controversy started in the first place.  Perhaps not bringing any more
attention to them would help our case more in the long run.  

If there is publicity brought through the Linux community, perhaps it
ought to be such as what OSI did, and educate, rather than make people
feel sorry for the Linux community.  Perhaps educating people on matters
such as SCO didn't invent UNIX, and the fact that Microsoft has vested
interest in SCO, and other matters that aren't necessarily name-calling,
but telling the public who SCO really is.  Making sure the whole truth
gets out if anything is going to get out at all is what I think is the
responsibility of the Linux community is.

-Jesse

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pluglist-admin at plug.org 
> [mailto:pluglist-admin at plug.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Frederico
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:49 PM
> To: pluglist at plug.org
> Subject: RE: A group statement on SCO's actions
> 
> 
> Ah, but l00x0r at it from a publicity standpoint.  
> 
> Q: What is the most effective low-cost way to get your 
> company name talked about and to be pasted EVERYWHERE?  
> 
> A: Say / do something controversial!  SCO doesn't care about 
> Linux code, or who owns who. They care about branding 
> themselves a certain way, as being "Experts" or begin 
> "Better-than".  Its all about branding branding branding.  
> Make it appear to the media as if you have been duped by the 
> Linux community, or your copyrights are being infringed upon 
> or violated in some way and you have the latest headlines. So 
> I suggest ... 
> 
> Fight fire with fire.
> 
> Bring attention to Linux as a fighting force.  someone needs 
> to register scobusters.com or something, and put up the 
> "nutshell" arguments.
> 
> We should have a member of the local news media at one of the 
> next PLUG meetings -- Or hold an "early" plug meeting, and 
> make statements on the air, and direct people to 
> scobusters.com. Call channel 2, 13, 5 .. etc. They are ALWAYS 
> looking for news. I am sure someone at SCO will take notice, 
> and who knows what kind of national attention it might bring. 
>  I have done some press releases in the past, and its a very 
> inexpensive and effective attention getting medium.  
> 
> Time to bust out the shaving cream, and don my Sunday best.
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Frederico
> Unwired Networks
> mfrederico at unplugthewire.com
> http://www.unwirednetworks.com
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