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- From: lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.mach,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit (was Re: GNU kids on the block?)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.235059.23907@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 23:50:59 GMT
- References: <1992Aug29.025306.12549@microsoft.com> <9070PB1w164w@underg.UUCP>
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.
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- In article <9070PB1w164w@underg.UUCP> max@underg.UUCP (Max Cray) writes:
- >erich@microsoft.com (Eric Hanchrow) writes:
- >
- >> After reading about CMU being intimidated by U$L, to the point where
- >> they won't distribute code that *might* be contaminated, I'm ready
- >> to switch long-distance companies (I'm assuming that U$L is mostly
- >> owned by AT&T). I'd like to write a letter to someone or other
- >> at AT&T, explaining why I switched; my questions are: Do you
- >> know whom it might be effective for me to write to? And do any
- >> of you have anything you'd like me to say in the letter?
- >
- >I don/t know. Does anyone know how effective the boycott against ATT was
- >when ATT went against MIT when they claimed to have a patent on the back
- >and store technique?
-
- One reason why it was never effective is that it wasn't publicized! I read a
- dozen misc computer groups and never even heard of hint of this boycott. I'm
- definitly willing to switch my service in protest if a number of people are
- willing to do the same.
- Maybe someone should collect all the names of people switching and once
- it gets into the several thousand call up CNN and etc to get some publicity.
- Even if it doesn't change AT&T's mind it acts as a deterent for other
- companies.
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