Call to arms
Zscoundrel
Zscoundrel at kc.rr.com
Thu Sep 25 13:06:30 CDT 2003
Wow, what a really cool idea!!! I firmly believe that the best way to
fight lies and injustice is with the truth. By sharing copies of a rock
solid distro with the public perhaps we can open some eyes to the FUD
that seems to follow M$ and their pimps.
BUCKLEY, MICHAEL wrote:
>Hello KCLUG,
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>This email is something of a call to arms against SCO. I imagine that most of you are aware of
their attempts to lay claim to Linux and extort licensing fees from it's users. I am uncertain
however, how many of you are aware that SCO is going on a free road show in October, and will be in
St. Louis on the 16th.
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>Event details can be found here.
>http://www.sco.com/partners/city_to_city/oct2003/
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>I posted the idea over a week ago on groklaw here:
>http://www.groklaw.com/article.php?story=20030917054352198#c7365
>Where it was suggested that Knoppix disks be distributed - among other things. I have been urged
to follow through with my suggestion, so here I am.
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>This is the first LUG I have contacted with this proposal, due to the fact that I have had some
(minimal - a few list postings with another email account and one meeting) contact with you in the
past. Depending on the reception of the idea, I had planned on contacting other LUGs in the state
of Missouri in hopes for a large showing. I'd like to get your thoughts and ideas as soon as
possible, since this has a relatively short fuse, and would require some amount of logistic effort.
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>Thanks for your time,
>Chris
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