Does anyone have a penguin suit? How cool would that be to picket SCO in a penguin suit? Maybe we should make one? It would certainly get into the papers.
20th or bust! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Soren Harward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BYU Unix Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [uug] SCO Protest - sound and fury but let's make it signify > [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 ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
