[Sunhelp] Ugh. Please read.

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 12:50:47PM -0500, Thomas Reagan wrote:
> Bill,
> Do you want us to submit this to Slashdot, or should we wait for your okay.
> I know that getting the word out to the public is going to be like dropping
> a bomb on the situation, so I thought I would ask.  I was all ready to
> submit, and then I said to myself "What would Bill want?"
> Tom Reagan

Please wait.  I'm waiting to talk to the lawyer from Sun, and I dont want
to be another "oh we got in trouble lets go whine on slashdot" case....

Thanks.  

Bill

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Flynn, Harold M. III
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 12:38 PM
> To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Ugh. Please read.
> 
> 
> It's always nice to know that something out there to help the general public
> is so warmly accepted by corporations.  I really appreciate the fact that a
> large group of people gathered together to focus on one companies products,
> and to further promote good will about their products is appreciated by
> company and repaid with legal threats, corporate bullying, and scare
> tactics.  Is it entertaining that a company would make one HELL of an effort
> to cut off it's nose in spite of it's face?  I wonder what USENIX would
> think about this?  How about slashdot?
> 
> Bill, keep up the good work, and thanks for everything you've done for all
> of us.  We just hope it can continue.
> 
> Hal
> 
> These comments do not reflect the opinions of my employer, the United States
> Government, the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency,
> my mother, my dog, or anybody/anything I might have come in contact with at
> any point in my life.  They are strictly an exercise of my First Amendment
> Rights (although not (tm)).
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Bill Bradford [SMTP:mrbill at mrbill.net]
> > Sent:	Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:38 AM
> > To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org; rescue at sunhelp.org
> > Subject:	[Sunhelp] Ugh. Please read.
> >
> > I just got a FedEx overnighted letter from Sun's legal department; see the
> > news section on the site for details.  needless to say, I may or may not
> > decide to continue doing SunHELP if I cant post things that I obtain from
> > public web sites without running it through someone for permission
> > first...
> >
> > Oh, and they dont like my logo either.
> >
> > Bill
> >
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