[NTLUG:Discuss] Interested in working on a new operating system?

[Chris Cox]

Tom Adelstein wrote:
> Okay. The SCO people have to answer for their actions. The Australians 
> have the right idea.
> 
> I'm contacting the attorney for EFF-Austin and requesting that we 
> prepare a class-action law suit against SCO and it's CEO.
> 

Is there enough proof of lost revenue due to SCO's FUD??  If not,
then it's certainly no sweat off my back right now (I haven't
felt the "pain" of SCO's allegations yet).  AFAIK, nobody of any
real importance is taking it seriously.

> This will start with raising money - a little bit from everyone. Then I 
> want a competency hearing connected to an injunction for a gag order.
> 
> Then, I want to depose Caldera and SCO users to discover the extent of 
> SCO's offenses.

Without even a reasonable "cause", I don't see this getting far.
I think a more vicious thing to do is coordinate a world-wide effort
aimed at a hostile takeover of SCO.... no as to who would actually
own it... my vote is Richard Stallman (so he'll GPL the whole
Unix thing!!)... that and the fact he is certifiable!!

> 
> I'm pledging money to get this started. I am also going to rev 
> http://linuxlobby.org back up.

Need more info... I'm not convinced there's something to actually
lobby for right now (unless you want to do the corporate takeover
scenario... but it's probably illegal... but might be fun to
find out).  However, I am very sympathetic to the "spirit" of
the idea of this post.