[For those of you just joining us, those of us who are sick of SCO's stupidity and "reckless endangerment" of the Open Source world are going to picket outside their offices.]
Okay, looks like a decent response for the picket lines. Those that have work on the 20th will also have it on the 27th, but those BYU students that have classes on the 27th will not have them on the 20th. Therefore, I propose the 20th -- the sooner the better, while the issue is still hot. We need to be there when the traffic is the highest (think 7-Up and "high traffic areas"), so that means starting around 3pm and going until 5pm, all the employees are gone, our interest is gone, or we've all been arrested :) We're going to look really stupid picketing without any large signs. I personally am going to bring some posterboard and markers, but if you're coming, do the same. Don't count on borrowing someone else's paper or holding their signs. If you feel motivated to make flyers/handbills, feel free to do so. But *please* make your presentation professional, avoid name-calling, and ensure that your information is accurate. As has been previously posted to this list, an excellent summary of the case is at: http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html Also, keep up on the Slashdot articles (but not necessarily the comments). It would also be nice if we could get someone with a boom box pumping out "the Free Software song." It's also likely to be warm and very sunny in the afternoon, and there isn't a tree over 8 feet tall anywhere near the SCO building. Bring plenty of drinking water (or liquid refreshment of choice) and sunscreen so your monitor tan doesn't turn into a bright red. There's also nothing but office buildings around, so I imagine that Altiris and Comdex will get annoyed if some picketer is running into their building every 10 minutes to use the bathroom. As for transportation, the facility is in Lindon. SCO's site has a nice little map for how to get there: http://www.sco.com/company/directions2.html If you don't want to show up on your own, we will meet at 2:30 pm at one of two locations: - Provo High School parking lot, in front of the main entrance - Parking lot of Home Depot in Lindon (right off the I-15 entrance). I will be at the former location, Evan McNabb at the latter. If you live south of BYU campus in Provo and don't want to walk to Provo High, I can come get you around 2:00. Email me. To close, let me re-iterate that this needs to stay legal: 1) Go onto their property 2) Talk to ANY customers entering and leaving the premesis 3) Disturb normal business activities 4) Block traffic or people on the sidewalk It also needs to stay separate from the official UUG domain. There will likely be press coverage, so remember that the BYU UUG is not sponsoring, coordinating, organizing, or officially endorsing this event. Otherwise, it could be our last. Okay, now that my paranoid side has had its say, let's do this! At the very least, this is gonna be a lot of fun. Maybe we'll get into Revolution OS II: The Penguin's Revenge. At the very least, we'll be representing thousands -- nay, millions -- of geeks world-wide who are even more upset than we are. -- Soren Harward [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
