Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:34:35 -0800 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: Linh Pham <question+advocacy@closedsrc.org> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCO goes after BSD? Message-ID: <200311201034.35322.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <20031120173714.GS30420@q.internal.closedsrc.org> References: <20031120173714.GS30420@q.internal.closedsrc.org>
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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
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