A different email to Dan Ackman
Message ID: 79663
Posted By: preadapted
Posted On: 2004-01-12 12:48:00
Subject: A different email to Dan Ackman
Recs: 25
After reading Walters post and all the replies I felt compelled to send the following to MR. Ackman.
"Thank you, Mr. Ackman for a relatively balanced article on the topic of SCO's claims of IP infringement associated with their lawsuit against IBM and ancillary threats of legal action against users of GNU Linux.
I'm sure you have received a number of positive comments about this most recent article and very likely some abuse as well from a few of the more ardent supporters of free and open source software. I assure you sir that the vast majority of us are long time professionals and technicians in the business and far more interested in fair and equitable resolutions of such matters than in disparaging the character and reputations of our opponents and those who honestly attempt to journal our battles.
While I am appreciative of your inclusion of contradictory comments against SCO's claims from the likes of Linus Torvalds and Mr. Cohen of OSDL, it would greatly enhance your credibility within the industry as a whole if you would in the future treat claims as just that rather than fact.
SCO's claims to ownership of UNIX and a number of their other representations are vehemently disputed by a considerable number of reputable companies and individuals across the wide spectrum of the information technology universe.
None of SCO's claims have been validated as of this moment by profference of any verifiable evidence by that party nor has any duly established court of law in this or any other country ajudicated any of these disputed legal claims in their favor.
As that is truly the case, please take a little more care in what you seemingly report as fact by adjusting the language that you use to reflect actual momentary conditions.
Respectfully yours,
Gary Gibson
Virginia Beach, VA
preadapted@yahoo.com"
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Posted By: preadapted
Posted On: 2004-01-12 12:48:00
Subject: A different email to Dan Ackman
Recs: 25
After reading Walters post and all the replies I felt compelled to send the following to MR. Ackman.
"Thank you, Mr. Ackman for a relatively balanced article on the topic of SCO's claims of IP infringement associated with their lawsuit against IBM and ancillary threats of legal action against users of GNU Linux.
I'm sure you have received a number of positive comments about this most recent article and very likely some abuse as well from a few of the more ardent supporters of free and open source software. I assure you sir that the vast majority of us are long time professionals and technicians in the business and far more interested in fair and equitable resolutions of such matters than in disparaging the character and reputations of our opponents and those who honestly attempt to journal our battles.
While I am appreciative of your inclusion of contradictory comments against SCO's claims from the likes of Linus Torvalds and Mr. Cohen of OSDL, it would greatly enhance your credibility within the industry as a whole if you would in the future treat claims as just that rather than fact.
SCO's claims to ownership of UNIX and a number of their other representations are vehemently disputed by a considerable number of reputable companies and individuals across the wide spectrum of the information technology universe.
None of SCO's claims have been validated as of this moment by profference of any verifiable evidence by that party nor has any duly established court of law in this or any other country ajudicated any of these disputed legal claims in their favor.
As that is truly the case, please take a little more care in what you seemingly report as fact by adjusting the language that you use to reflect actual momentary conditions.
Respectfully yours,
Gary Gibson
Virginia Beach, VA
preadapted@yahoo.com"
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