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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Path: sparky!uunet!spooky!witr
- From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
- Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI & Our Retaliation
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.155504.17286@rwwa.COM>
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- Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
- References: <83@ampr.ab.ca> <9207231306.AA06854@GRANNY.CS.NYU.EDU> <4442@hq.hq.af.mil>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 15:55:04 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <4442@hq.hq.af.mil>, john@hq.af.mil (John Ryan) writes:
- | 2) Counter sue. 100,000 * 10 hrs * 300.00 $/hr = $300,000,000.00.
- | The cost to you $10.00 (aprox).
-
- Uhh. It may cost a wee bit more. You may wish to go to the library
- and study the implications of frivolous lawsuts.
-
- | 4) Write the US District Attorney alleging monopolistic practices.
- | AT&T didn't like the last run in they had :-). Volenteer as an
- | expert witness.
-
- Assuming, of course, that you qualify as an ``expert''...
-
- I appreciate the sentiment that causes these kind of posts, but being
- angry is not enought, and going off half cocked is even worse.
-
- An example of a way to apply ``legitimate'' economic pressure is to
- take the list posted earlier of the shareholders of USL, and relentlessly
- begin to cajole every one you know to cease dealing with these firms. Start
- with yourself, then your wife, siblings, children, parents, neighbors, etc.
- Explain to these people that you are concerned that this attack on the NET2
- software release affects you personally, and will eventually affect them.
- Explain why this suit is a Bad Thing (which means you need to know why
- it is a Bad Thing).
-
- The point I want to emphasise is that a zillion hackers writing netnews
- is unlikely to cause enough pressure to be effective, whereas getting
- gobs of ``Average Folks'' involved, with the associated negative press,
- might.
-
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- Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott MA 01907 USA
- Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430, Net: witr@rwwa.COM
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