unitedlinux: it gets weirder

[Collins]

On Thu, 30 May 2002 15:21:49 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama!
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2002, dep wrote:
> > begin  Tim Wunder's  quote:
> >
> > | > no, in fact they went out of their way to say that a desktop
> > | > distro *may not* carry the unitedlinux brand.
> > |
> > | Hmmm...OK, I obviously read it wrong. I just read it again and
> > | it appears that you're right. But...Well...that just doesn't
> > | make any sense...
> >
> > which is why we put up an editorial entitled "unitedyawnix" after
> > going over it all a second time. we need to understand that we are
> > mere users and therefore not only of no importance but in fact to
> > be avoided. after all, it was companies, not users, who created
> > linux in the first place, right?
> 
> What i'd really like to hear at this point is how the faithful from
> the other threes' camps feel about this.
> 
> Caldera has been screwing its user base for a couple years, so this
> is really just business as usual.  I thought that SuSE, Connectiva &
> Turbo weren't this calous.  Also, i get the impression that Caldera
> is driving this.  Anyone feel differently?
> 

If Caldera is driving this, there's a Dead End sign just around the
bend.

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