RE: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-04 Thread Master O Planets
-lug]HB2892 Update Ken Barber wrote: > Are you SURE it's the BSA? This isn't normally in their scope. > Would you mind telling me who you heard this from? The BSA's scope is to be Microsoft's attack dog. They are an industry-wide alliance in the same sense that the

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-04 Thread Edward Craig
On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Bob Miller wrote: > Ken Barber wrote: > > > Are you SURE it's the BSA? This isn't normally in their scope. > > Would you mind telling me who you heard this from? > > The BSA's scope is to be Microsoft's attack dog. They are an > industry-wide alliance in the same sense th

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-04 Thread Bob Miller
Ken Barber wrote: > Are you SURE it's the BSA? This isn't normally in their scope. > Would you mind telling me who you heard this from? The BSA's scope is to be Microsoft's attack dog. They are an industry-wide alliance in the same sense that the invading army in Iraq is a multinational coali

RE: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-03 Thread Cooper Stevenson
You got that right,my man. I'm ready for bear. Those bastards at the BSA contributed heavily to my pink slip from Teledyne Wah Chang and I'm not about to let that slide. -Cooper On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 12:01, Master O Planets wrote: > Git em! > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-03 Thread Master O Planets
Git em! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cooper Stevenson Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PLUG Mailing List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update Friends, I've just returned from the capitol buildi

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-03 Thread Joseph Carter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:58:42PM -0800, Beaker (aka Jeff W) wrote: > My guess is thier opposition is based on the association of "open > source" with the GPL => goes against their stated support of > intellectual property rights. AFAIK, this bill d

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-03 Thread Ken Barber
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 19:00, Cooper Stevenson wrote: > Finally, I am told that the Business Software alliance _will_ > be testifying in opposition of this bill. Cooper, Are you SURE it's the BSA? This isn't normally in their scope. Would you mind telling me who you heard this from? I wo

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-02 Thread Beaker (aka Jeff W)
I think perhaps BSA is a puppet organization of M$ Hey - whadayaknow: they ARE! http://swpat.ffii.org/players/bsa/index.en.html -- excerpt --- BSA is an organisation founded in the USA and currently without official status in most European countries, controlled by Microsoft and a few other large

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-02 Thread Beaker (aka Jeff W)
Finally, I am told that the Business Software alliance _will_ be testifying in opposition of this bill. Here's another telling link: http://www.howtotell.com/ww/script/bsa.asp I think perhaps BSA is a puppet organization of M$ -Beaker ___ Eug-LUG mail

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-02 Thread Beaker (aka Jeff W)
Cooper Stevenson wrote: Finally, I am told that the Business Software alliance _will_ be testifying in opposition of this bill. If some of you could do some research on the BSA and send me links of articles outlining their practices, motivation and case history I would be very great full. This w