[ale] LUG Sues SCO

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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:07:18AM -0500, Debrihmi wrote:
> Austrailian LUG Sues SCO:

> http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1448203&mode=thread


What a great idea.  I just complained to the US Federal Trade Commission
online:

    www.ftc.gov

Then click on the "File a Complaint" link on the top bar of the page.

It took 5 minutes and felt good.  If enough of us file this complaint then
they will start an investigation.

Here is the data that I supplied to the Form:

First Name:                Bob
Last Name:                 Toxen
Age Range:                 My age
Street Address:            My address
City:                      My address
State or Canadian Province:Georgia
Country:                   UNITED STATES
Zip Code or Postal Code:   My address
E-Mail Address:            bob at verysecurelinux.com
Work Phone:                (770) 662-8321

Subject of Your Complaint: Computers/Internet Services

Name of Company:           The SCO Group
Street Address:            400 Encinal Street
City: Santa Cruz
State or Canadian Province:California
Country:                   UNITED STATES
Zip Code or Postal Code:   95061

Company Web Site:          http://www.sco.com
Company E-Mail Address:    info at sco.com
Phone Number:              (831)427-7000

How Did the Company
Initially Contact You?:    Internet Web Site
How Much Did the Company Ask You to Pay?: N/A
How Much Did You Actually Pay the Company?: 0.00
How Did You Pay the Company?: Not Reported

First Name of salesman:     N/A

Explain Your Problem: (Please limit your complaint to 2000 characters.):
     This company is attempting to extort *lots* of money from
     *lots* of companies using Linux, fraudulently claiming that
     Linux contains some of their proprietary Unix code.

     Please demand that they "show cause" or cease & desist.

> ~
> Debrihmi
> --
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Bob Toxen
bob at verysecurelinux.com               [Please use for email to me]
http://www.verysecurelinux.com        [Network&Linux/Unix security consulting]
http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com [My book:"Real World Linux Security 2/e"]
Quality Linux & UNIX security and SysAdmin & software consulting since 1990.

"Microsoft: Unsafe at any clock speed!"
  -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002
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