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Re: Hostile Takeover of Linux!!!

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From: Ben
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00
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dan <spent1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:373B1B3C.6E044195@yahoo.com...
>
>
>                        Too bad guy's it was all for nothing.
>                        Sylvan has tagged us all as idiots if we
>                        don't get their Linux certification.
>
>                        I feared it would be the demise of the Os
>                        and now it is so. I guess we leared to
>                        hold the rights to certification the next
>                        time we build an Os. Nce work to all who
>                        participated. But now with all the cheeters
>                        entering the Linux field it will be sure
>                        to be just another Microsoft and novell
>                        "reboot it!" server with a bad track record.
>
>                        Next time the next Linus will have to protect the
>
>                        Os's trademark against these
>                        Os killers certification processes.
>
>                        I am sorry to say I have decided to start
>                        work on another OS (open source of course)
>                        with protection from the Sylvan Empire
>                        (dark side).
>
>                        Since Sylvan now has the say as to who can
>                        be employed using linux and only if you use
>                        Linux they way they say you should. Or in
>                        short they now own it!
>
>                        I have decided to start planning another os
>                        but hold the rights as to whether or not anyone
> can
>                        "CERTIFY" people in the OS.
>                        Making it fair for all to compete illiminating
> the
>                        Political B.S. of Sylvan
>                        Which Linux has now fallen victim too.
>
>                        Best of luck to Linux anyway. It was hard
>                        work and truly is a great os but I can't
>                        say I did'nt see it comming either. It almost
> made
>                        a great Os.
>
>                        If any one has any ideas on how this protection
> can
>                        be implemented on an
>                        already open source product. Maybe we should try
> to
>                        save it. Have a talk with Linus or something.
>
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Subject: Re: Hostile Takeover of Linux!!!
Date: 1999/05/15
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