Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-16 Thread burns
On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 15:21, Tom Wilson wrote: LMFAO. Found the link on /. I don't even know what to say about this one because it is so far fetched. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031 I know what we should say. No reasonable person who knows anything about the industry and/or

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-16 Thread Tom Marinis
burns wrote: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031 I know what we should say. [ snipped, length but kept hint of message :) ] What is required is for the government to launch an immediate investigation to see if Microsoft is indeed behind this. If they find that it is, not only does it raise

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-16 Thread burns
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 09:49, Tom Marinis wrote: bis snip of reasons why a government solutionwouldn't be useful) Perhaps, but all that shows is that the existing anti-trust legislation doesn't work and that the current administration has no intention of making it work. Still... the thought of

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-16 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003, burns wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 09:49, Tom Marinis wrote: bis snip of reasons why a government solutionwouldn't be useful) Perhaps, but all that shows is that the existing anti-trust legislation doesn't work and that the current administration has no intention of making

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-16 Thread burns
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 13:45, Bill Campbell and others wrote: snip For some reason I am missing about half of the most recent postings to this thread. Is it just me? -- burns ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-16 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth burns: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 13:45, Bill Campbell and others wrote: snip For some reason I am missing about half of the most recent postings to this thread. Is it just me? Not quite sure what you mean. Kurt -- What this country needs is a good five dollar plasma weapon.

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-16 Thread burns
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 16:31, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth burns: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 13:45, Bill Campbell and others wrote: snip For some reason I am missing about half of the most recent postings to this thread. Is it just me? Not quite sure what you mean. It's OK. The missing posts

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-15 Thread Tom Marinis
Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Tom Marinis: I'm in agreement with you, but this is the test argument that many Linux supporters have feared would occur. This is the really last mountain to climb really, for Linux world wide acceptance. I'm happy to see the GPL tested. I also believe it will stand up.

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-15 Thread Bill Campbell
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003, Tom Marinis wrote: Kurt Wall wrote: I'm sorry Kurt, I took liberties :) I stand corrected. Next time, how about trimming the quotes so you don't post 60 lines of irrelevant quoted text to add two new lines. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-14 Thread Joel Hammer
When you consider recent Supreme Court decisions, you realize that the law and the US constitution mean only what 5 justices think they mean, at the moment. Maybe Sandra Day will say, because of a compelling state interest, the GPL won't mean what it says it means for 25 more years, to give the

sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Wilson
LMFAO. Found the link on /. I don't even know what to say about this one because it is so far fetched. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031 --Tom Wilson ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Marinis
Tom Wilson wrote: LMFAO. Found the link on /. I don't even know what to say about this one because it is so far fetched. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031 --Tom Wilson What do you mean, far fetched? Eric Raymond always stated that a direct attack against the GPL was inevitable. When

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Wilson
On Thursday 14 August 2003 05:34 pm, Tom Marinis's voice rose above the ones in my head and stated: Tom Wilson wrote: LMFAO. Found the link on /. I don't even know what to say about this one because it is so far fetched. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031 --Tom Wilson What

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-14 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Tom Marinis: Province of Ontario, State of New York, Columbia, Maine, Detroit, Buffalo, all without power... No lights, no computer, No traffic lamps, no airports, no trains, no restaurants, and more importantly, NO Air Conditioning :) [ Probably a power generator being

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Marinis
Tom Wilson wrote: On Thursday 14 August 2003 05:34 pm, Tom Marinis's voice rose above the ones in my head and stated: Tom Wilson wrote: LMFAO. Found the link on /. I don't even know what to say about this one because it is so far fetched. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031 --Tom Wilson

Re: sco's lastest blathering

2003-08-14 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Tom Marinis: I'm in agreement with you, but this is the test argument that many Linux supporters have feared would occur. This is the really last mountain to climb really, for Linux world wide acceptance. I'm happy to see the GPL tested. I also believe it will stand up. SCO's legal