not to belittle or anything . . .

[Kurt Wall]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 11:26:27AM -0500, Brad De Vries took 54 lines to write:
; On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:49:01 -0500, dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:

[SCO continues to tank ]

; I hate to rain on what appears to be a happy day for many but this
; news also means that the employees will probably be out of a job soon.
; I certainly hope that most of the people who are adversely affected
; by this news have somewhere to go besides the welfare lines.

They do. Aside from the people who planned and executed SCO's charade,
I harbor no ill will against people who work there. Bear in mind,
though, that it takes a lot of people to pull off something like this.
The point being that culpability isn't limited to folks at Canopy and
the executive suites at SCO. If people participate, "I was just doing my
job" might buy them limited immunity from legal prosecution, but they
(non-principal participants) remain ethically and morally responsible.
Notice that I'm *not* proposing that mere employment equates to
participation.

[...]
 
; Now, I hate SCO as much as the next Linux fan but I want to be sure to
; focus the feelings toward the right person(s).

Sh*t happens. Life is unfair. I appreciate that SCO's employees need
to eat, pay the bills, support their families, and keep a roof over 
their heads. No right-minded person is going to hold Clarice the mailing
room clerk responsible for what her butthead superiors do. If she knows
or believes that what SCO is doing is wrong yet continues to work there
because she needs the paycheck, that's moral cowardice and she's made
herself a slave to money.

; P.S.  Not looking for a flame war here, just expressing some feelings.

Nod.

Kurt
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