Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-22 Thread Uwe C. Schroeder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Actually that same letter is available at sco's website. The one at SCO only has a list with all the "infringing" header files attached. On Wednesday 21 January 2004 10:30 pm, Alex Satrapa wrote: > Gavin M. Roy wrote: > > Feel free to link away :)

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Alex Satrapa
Gavin M. Roy wrote: Feel free to link away :) Gavin Adam Ruth wrote: ...Also, if you prefer, I can mirror it on my server and post that link so as to not chew up your bandwidth. Just make sure you get someone to mirror it before it hits Slashdot. That way it's someone else's server that gets tu

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Gavin M. Roy
Feel free to link away :) Gavin Adam Ruth wrote: I've mentioned your predicament to the Yahoo SCO message board, and some have asked to see the letter. Would you mind if I showed it (I won't if you'd prefer I don't) Also, if you prefer, I can mirror it on my server and post that link so as t

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Adam Ruth
I've mentioned your predicament to the Yahoo SCO message board, and some have asked to see the letter. Would you mind if I showed it (I won't if you'd prefer I don't) Also, if you prefer, I can mirror it on my server and post that link so as to not chew up your bandwidth. Also, the same reques

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Adam Ruth
Excellent response! On Jan 21, 2004, at 3:50 PM, Gavin M. Roy wrote: Here is a copy of the letter which I've sent out today: http://www.gavinroy.com/~gavinr/SCO%20Response.pdf We'll see their response and act accordingly. Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Gavin Alex Satrapa wrote: Gavi

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Gavin M. Roy
Here is a copy of the letter which I've sent out today: http://www.gavinroy.com/~gavinr/SCO%20Response.pdf We'll see their response and act accordingly. Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Gavin Alex Satrapa wrote: Gavin M. Roy wrote: My problem is the threat from SCO is not from the blea

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Oh, I like that added touch :) On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > >you should invite him in to talk, and let him know that you are > >investigating drop'ng Linux altogether and are curious as to what > >SCO/UnixServer could offer ... basically, tell him y

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Marc G. Fournier wrote: you should invite him in to talk, and let him know that you are investigating drop'ng Linux altogether and are curious as to what SCO/UnixServer could offer ... basically, tell him you are looking at options, and take up his time on 'the sales pitch' :) But before

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Marc G. Fournier
you should invite him in to talk, and let him know that you are investigating drop'ng Linux altogether and are curious as to what SCO/UnixServer could offer ... basically, tell him you are looking at options, and take up his time on 'the sales pitch' :) On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote: >

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Moreover, what should prevent the SCO scumbags from molesting *BSD users if they would succeed in destroying Linux? There might be technical reasons to move from Linux to *BSD, but the SCO amok run should not be a reason to do so. I agree with this. SCO has really done nothing but prove that Li

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Bill Moran
Jim Mercer wrote: On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 06:16:46PM -0800, Gavin M. Roy wrote: Thanks for the feedback thus far. I should also mention I use freebsd for other stuff, but I am mainly asking in peoples experience, which is the best for PostgreSQL to live on specifically. In terms of a nice smp

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Paul Thomas
On 21/01/2004 04:21 Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Stephen Robert Norris wrote: > Of course SCO is planning to sue the BSD users, too, so it's not really > a solution. We figure that SCO will either be bought out, or go bankrupt, before we have to worry about them :) If they tried th

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-21 Thread Chris
Thanks for the feedback thus far. I should also mention I use freebsd > for other stuff, but I am mainly asking in peoples experience, which is > the best for PostgreSQL to live on specifically. In terms of a nice smp > high end scsi system. Sorry for the lack of specifics on that before. Fa

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-20 Thread Jim Mercer
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 06:16:46PM -0800, Gavin M. Roy wrote: > Thanks for the feedback thus far. I should also mention I use freebsd > for other stuff, but I am mainly asking in peoples experience, which is > the best for PostgreSQL to live on specifically. In terms of a nice smp > high end s

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-20 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote: > Thanks for the feedback thus far. I should also mention I use freebsd > for other stuff, but I am mainly asking in peoples experience, which is > the best for PostgreSQL to live on specifically. In terms of a nice smp > high end scsi system. Sorry for

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-20 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Stephen Robert Norris wrote: > Of course SCO is planning to sue the BSD users, too, so it's not really > a solution. We figure that SCO will either be bought out, or go bankrupt, before we have to worry about them :) Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Service

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-20 Thread Stephen Robert Norris
On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 11:55, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote: > > > I'm currently one of the targets of SCO's linux licensing extortion > > business plan, and am contemplating switching to one of the BSD's to > > avoid any potential problems. I'm curious which B

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-20 Thread Gavin M. Roy
Thanks for the feedback thus far. I should also mention I use freebsd for other stuff, but I am mainly asking in peoples experience, which is the best for PostgreSQL to live on specifically. In terms of a nice smp high end scsi system. Sorry for the lack of specifics on that before. Gavin M

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-20 Thread Larry Rosenman
--On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 14:06:35 -0800 "Gavin M. Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm currently one of the targets of SCO's linux licensing extortion business plan, and am contemplating switching to one of the BSD's to avoid any potential problems. I'm curious which BSD people prefer fo

Re: [GENERAL] SCO Extortion

2004-01-20 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Gavin M. Roy wrote: > I'm currently one of the targets of SCO's linux licensing extortion > business plan, and am contemplating switching to one of the BSD's to > avoid any potential problems. I'm curious which BSD people prefer for > large scale databases and why. Any poin