From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 10:36:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 423EE16A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:36:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956CE43FF2 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:36:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02 ([157.226.230.209]:1200 helo=mvaexch02.acuson.com) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AMtfE-0001Qa-3p; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:36:24 -0800 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:31:38 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-145.acuson.com ([157.226.46.145]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id VDNNF68V; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:30:43 -0800 From: Johnson David To: Linh Pham Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:34:35 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031120173714.GS30420@q.internal.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <20031120173714.GS30420@q.internal.closedsrc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311201034.35322.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1AMtfE-0001Qa-3p*PNT4uSJAuOw* cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCO goes after BSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:36:34 -0000 On Thursday 20 November 2003 09:37 am, Linh Pham wrote: > I agree that SCO is full of it and all of the talk about SCO and > SCO's press releases and quotes are getting out of hand... but > remember that a lot of BOFHs will hear that SCO may/will be going > after BSD and will shun it even more like the have with Linux. Absolutely. The modern press is at fault, with their addiction to sound bites and easily-digestible news. Melodrama and amateur prognostication have replaced traditional reporting. Press releases from SCO are uncritically accepted, while in-depth analysis from the Unix community is ignored. Because of this, the general public believes SCO's story, like it or not. SCO's actions are FUD. And FUD can severly damage a community if accepted as truth by the general public. BSD will survive, of course, but I would prefer it to thrive as well. David