[plug] [SCO][link] $US1399 for right to run Linux

[Tom Hallam]

FreeBSD is sounding good.  Anyone want to port apt to it?  ;-)

Kai Jones wrote:

>"Cleary, it's at a point and time where we are going to take matters into
>our own hands and move forward. It's time to start marching onward again
>with our legal claims."
>In other words, sue someone else because they can and because their share
>price is going up, Darl's a pr!ck.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ben Jensz [mailto:plug at jensz.id.au]
>>Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2003 9:20 AM
>>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>>Subject: [plug] [SCO][link] $US1399 for right to run Linux
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>>"Linux users face a serious question. Is $699 too much to pay
>>for a good
>>bath?
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>>The $699 scrubbing fee is exactly how much SCO wants for one
>>CPU's worth
>>of a Linux license, and that's just for the time being. Come
>>October 15,
>>the single CPU fee jumps to a whopping $1,399."
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>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/32187.html
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>>What a crock...
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>>/ Ben
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