asterisk users - Mar 2004 - RE: Asterisk-Users digest, Vol 1 #2989 - 8 msgs

I will respond off list, to conserve bandwidth.

I feel that this is VERY ON-TOPIC. If this continues, we will be faced
with customers shying away from Linux due to the whole FUD factor (fear,
Uncertainty, and Doubt).

We have all made a commitment be it financial or simply time; we all
have an interest in this. Laws can protect but they can also smoother.
For a clear example look at the PSTN telecom business in the US. It is a
lawyer's dream!!  

I understand that we all have different views of laws and the way the
affect us. However, having something or rather a company like SCO change
the rules simply because they want the 'best for the shareholders'
scares me.

 



Message: 3
From: Tilghman Lesher <tilghman@mail.jeffandtilghman.com>
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] SCO finds someone to pay!!!
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:56:04 -0600
Reply-To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com

On Tuesday 02 March 2004 22:30, Alex Lopez wrote:
> I don't believe this!! SCO got some one to pony up 7 figures!!
Please don't post off-topic crap like this.  I get enough of this on
other lists.

-Tilghman


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On Wednesday 03 March 2004 11:47, Alex Lopez wrote:
> I will respond off list, to conserve bandwidth.
Which you didn't do.
> I feel that this is VERY ON-TOPIC. If this continues, we will be
> faced with customers shying away from Linux due to the whole FUD
> factor (fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt).
Then post it to a generic Linux list.  This list is about using
Asterisk specfically, not Linux generally.  There are more than
enough lists out there for which such a post is on-topic.  Please
take your non-Asterisk posts there.

I don't think there's a single user on this list who cares about the
SCO issue who hadn't already heard this news elsewhere.  In any
case, this list does not need to be the central ground for general
Linux news.

-Tilghman