[Sunhelp] Ugh. Please read.

[Derek Piper]

	Hi,

	Although I'm not new to computers by any means, I am new to the 
Sun architecture and this mailing list is very informative for someone
like me to help gather experience by listening in on other's request and
also to ask some things myself. To see it tarnished leaves me with a sour
taste in my mouth. I'd like to voice my objection to Sun being 'whiny'
(for want of a better description) about all this.
	For Sun to be biggoted and behave like a spoilt brat that won't
play nicely with the others in the yard makes me dislike what I thought
was a reasonable company. A company that might end up being the 2nd
Microsoft if they get too fond of wheeling out the lawyers whenever they
feel like it.
	Not as if this mailing list is slanderous .. jeez!

	Anyway, just my tuppence worth.

	Derek


On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Flynn, Harold M. III wrote:

> I wonder, have they pulled this BS with other Sun(tm)(copyright) directed
> sites?  Ambulance Chasers *sigh*.
> 
> Hal
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Bill Bradford [SMTP:mrbill at mrbill.net]
> > Sent:	Thursday, March 30, 2000 11:57 AM
> > To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > Subject:	Re: [Sunhelp] Ugh. Please read.
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 06:38:11PM +0100, Flynn, Harold M. III wrote:
> > > 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?
> > 
> > I dont know yet, and I'm waiting to talk to Sun's lawyers to see just what
> > they want me to do.  Apparently the major problem was that I had copies
> > of some PDF files that were obtained from www.sun.com, still mirrored on
> > teh site after they were removed from the www.sun.com site, and the 
> > SunHELP logo.
> > 
> > (at least according to the letter I got, which is going up as soon as I 
> > have access to a scanner)
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
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Derek Piper - del at delphinian.com - http://www.delphinian.com/