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

[Christian Mueller]

Tom Hallam wrote:
>   FreeBSD is sounding good.  Anyone want to port apt to it?  ;-)

no need for apt, we have got the ports system.

> 
> 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 <mailto:plug at plug.linux.org.au>
>>>Subject: [plug] [SCO][link] $US1399 for right to run Linux
>>>
>>>
>>>"Linux users face a serious question. Is $699 too much to pay
>>>for a good
>>>bath?
>>>
>>>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."
>>>
>>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/32187.html
>>>
>>>What a crock...
>>>
>>>
>>>/ Ben
>>>
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>>>
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