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- From: mark@roissy.umd.edu (Mark Sienkiewicz)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi
- Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings...
- Message-ID: <18102@umd5.umd.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:26:07 GMT
- References: <1j7f5rINNqvn@ftp.UU.NET> <93Jan15.211025edt.1578@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> <1993Jan17.203539.6063@s4mjs.uucp>
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- >] I think it would be a great idea if USL people showed up.
- >] This way, we could tell them, in person, what we think.
- >] That's what USENIX is all about!
- >
- >Look, I'm not fond of what USL is doing *as* *a* *corporate* *body*, but
- >I like a lot of the things the folks in the trenches have done. Do you
- >seriously want to be abused because of the corporate policies of *your*
- >employer?
-
- It _is_ an opportunity to talk to USL people. It should _not_ be looked
- at as an occasion to yell and scream at them.
-
- If 50 people a day come to their booth and say "The USL suit against BSDI
- is making you look _really_ _bad_", that will get noticed. If you staff
- a booth at a trade show, its your _job_ to tell your employer when people
- are saying stuff like that.
-
- But resist the urge to say "You're all a bunch of assholes!!!" The people
- you talk to didn't cause this and don't deserve to take the heat for it.
-
- Be nice and you might get your point across. Be nasty and you just turn
- them against you.
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