From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 14 21:38:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E15237B401; Wed, 14 May 2003 21:38:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mooseriver.com (adsl-68-73-118-170.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net [68.73.118.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2278743F93; Wed, 14 May 2003 21:38:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: by huron.mooseriver.com (Postfix, from userid 200) id 91CE4183; Wed, 14 May 2003 23:38:34 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 23:38:34 -0500 From: Josef Grosch To: Sergey Babkin Message-ID: <20030515043834.GB29370@mooseriver.com> References: <3EC2FB53.67559AB6@bellatlantic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EC2FB53.67559AB6@bellatlantic.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: hackers@freebsd.org cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a public relations opportunity for BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 04:38:36 -0000 On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 10:28:35PM -0400, Sergey Babkin wrote: > Hi, > > If you haven't heard yet, SCO has sent a letter to about 1500 > companies claiming that Linux infringes on SCO's intellectual property. > I won't comment on whether this claim is true (there > are enough comments on slashdot). But for BSD it's a nice > opportunity to come out and say to the public that BSD out there, > does all that Linux does and more, and has no intellectual property > issues. So that if the management of the threatened companies > starts running from Linux, they run to BSD. I think we need to stay as far away from this self inflicted fiasco as possible. If SCO wants to turn into the next Unisys, fine! They will not be missed. We should continue to focus on making FreeBSD the server OS of choice. Oh, I'm moving this chat, which is where it really belongs. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 4.8 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org