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But that's the beauty of Linux: there are at least five ways to convert
it to lowercase!

Luke

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Very good, but it's all in capital letters, which makes it hard to
> forward to sighties.
>
> Thomas Stivers writes:
> > From: Thomas Stivers <stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org>
> >
> > Those following the SCO controversy might find this of interest.
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Dzuy Nguyen <dzuy at infinity-studios.com> -----
> >
> > >DEAR SIR/MADAM:
> > >
> > >I AM MR. DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
> > >EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS
> > >INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW THIS
> > >LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS
> > >COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.
> > >Note: This is a *parody* and should not be take seriously - Ed. MY
> > >ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES WORTH AN
> > >ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE
> > >BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS. IN
> > >THE EARLY 1970S THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION
> > >DEVELOPED AT GREAT EXPENSE THE COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE KNOWN
> > >AS UNIX. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAWS OF MY COUNTRY PROHIBITED THEM FROM
> > >SELLING THESE SOFTWARES AND SO THEIR VALUABLE SOURCE CODES REMAINED
> > >PRIVATELY HELD. UNDER A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT SOME PROGRAMMERS FROM THE
> > >CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY DID ADD MORE CODES TO THIS OPERATING
> > >SYSTEM, INCREASING ITS VALUE, BUT NOT IN ANY WAY TO DILUTE OR DISPARAGE
> > >OUR FULL AND RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP OF THESE CODES, DESPITE ANY AGREEMENT
> > >BETWEEN AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH AND THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
> > >OF BERKELEY, WHICH AGREEMENT WE DENY AND DISAVOW. IN THE YEAR 1984 A
> > >CHANGE OF REGIME IN MY COUNTRY ALLOWED THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND
> > >TELEGRAPH CORPORATION TO MAKE PROFITS FROM THESE SOFTWARES. IN THE YEAR
> > >1990 OWNERSHIP OF THESE SOFTWARES WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CORPORATION
> > >UNIX SYSTEM LABORATORIES. IN THE YEAR 1993 THIS CORPORATION WAS SOLD TO
> > >THE CORPORATION NOVELL. IN THE YEAR 1994 SOME EMPLOYEES OF NOVELL FORMED
> > >THE CORPORATION CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, WHICH BEGAN TO DISTRIBUTE
> > >AN UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM KNOWN AS LINUX. IN THE YEAR 1995 NOVELL SOLD
> > >THE UNIX SOFTWARE CODES TO SCO. IN THE YEAR 2001 OCCURRED A SEPARATION
> > >OF SCO, AND THE SCO BRAND NAME AND UNIX CODES WERE ACQUIRED BY THE
> > >CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE CALDERA
> > >SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL WAS RENAMED SCO GROUP, OF WHICH I CURRENTLY SERVE
> > >AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
> > >
> > >MY ASSOCIATES AND I OF THE SCO GROUP ARE THEREFORE THE FULL AND RIGHTFUL
> > >OWNERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARES KNOWN AS UNIX. OUR ENGINEERS
> > >HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY (70) LINES OF OUR VALUABLE
> > >AND PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODES HAVE APPEARED IN THE UPSTART OPERATING
> > >SYSTEM LINUX. AS YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE, THIS GIVES US A CLAIM ON THE
> > >MILLIONS OF LINES OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE CODES WHICH COMPRISE THIS LINUX
> > >AND WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD AT GREAT PROFIT TO VERY MANY BUSINESS
> > >ENTERPRISES. OUR LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE ADVISED US THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION TO
> > >THESE CODES IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED ONE (1) BILLION U.S. DOLLARS.
> > >
> > >UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY EXTRACTING OUR FUNDS FROM THESE
> > >COMPUTER SOFTWARES. TO THIS EFFECT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MANDATE BY MY
> > >COLLEAGUES TO CONTACT YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. WE ARE PREPARED
> > >TO SELL YOU A SHARE IN THIS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WILL SOON BE VERY
> > >PROFITABLE, THAT WILL GRANT YOU THE RIGHTS TO USE THESE VALUABLE
> > >SOFTWARES IN YOUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT ABLE AT
> > >THIS TIME TO SET A PRICE ON THESE RIGHTS. THEREFORE IT IS OUR RESPECTFUL
> > >SUGGESTION, THAT YOU MAY BE IMMEDIATELY A PARTY TO THIS ENTERPRISE,
> > >BEFORE OTHERS ACCEPT THESE LUCRATIVE TERMS, THAT YOU SEND US THE NUMBER
> > >OF A BANKING ACCOUNT WHERE WE CAN WITHDRAW FUNDS OF A SUITABLE AMOUNT TO
> > >GUARANTEE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ENTERPRISE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE YOU
> > >MAY SEND US THE NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR MAJOR CREDIT CARD, OR
> > >YOU MAY SEND TO US A SIGNED CHECK FROM YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT PAYABLE TO
> > >"SCO GROUP" AND WITH THE AMOUNT LEFT BLANK FOR US TO CONVENIENTLY
> > >SUPPLY.
> > >
> > >KINDLY TREAT THIS REQUEST AS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. I
> > >HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK-FREE.
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
> > --
> > Unix is a user friendly operating system. It just picks its friends more
> > carefully than others.
> > Thomas Stivers	e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org	gpg: 45CBBABD
> >
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