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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
