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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:44:50 -0400
From: Tony Lawrence <tony@aplawrence.com>
Subject: Re: SCO 5.0.6 Question
References: <m15rQ9A-0006plC@cactus.com> 

Jeff Hyman wrote:

>      Those are fightin' words in my part of the country. Apparently
> JP did not have the same problem. Thats why I asked him to post his
> 5 clicks. Either way Tony, you claim to not care, yet it appears that
> this forum does in fact bring benefit to you with many solutions
> being refocused to your website. 

Benefit?

Hardly.  My web hosting costs me net after all income from advertising
and donations appx $100.00 a month.

I spend easily ten hours a week and often more updating links, posting
new information, etc.

Don't get me wrong- it's a labor of love, as is what little I contribute
here, but the benefits are definitely not monetary.  In fact, when I
retire (which I hope is not too many years away), I'll be forced to shut
it down because I just won't be able to afford to underwrite it.

As to not caring about Caldera, that's just simple reality.  If they
fail, someone else will pick up what remains of SCO.  My business will
continue as usual.  The product is caught between a rock and a hard
place no matter who owns it, and that wouldn't change.

BTW, I fully agree with Brian's sentiments in another part of this
thread: SCO is a much easier and stable product to work with.  I too am
running Linux now as my personal machine, and in some ways it's better
for that, but it's a bumpy ride at times.  My old sco server was
comfortably boring :-)

>I don't understand why you would
> want to make a flamatory comment when in fact you are in a position
> to help participate in the solution. I personally have not been
> disapointed with much of what Caldera has been (or not been) doing.

The only thing I'm disappointed with is this business of dropping SCO
links.  Someone suggested to me that it's possible that they did not buy
the sco domain- if so, that's horrible, but understandable- but dammit,
if that is the case, they should SAY SO, because they are looking like
damn idiots now.

> I feel they are probably doing the best they can with the resources
> they have available, in a time where technology companies are all
> refocusing and cutting back just to stay even. Your a good man
> Tony, and believe me I'm not siding with any party here. What words
> could I say, or what could I do, to help refocus your energy to
> a more positive place?

If they need resources to help redirect the SCO pages to appropriate
Caldera pages, all they have to do is ask.  I'd be very happy to
volunteer my time to help with that- the fact is, it's not any big major
project, it's dead simple for 99.995% of the cases.  Of course, if they
don't own the domain, that's a totally different story..


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Tony Lawrence
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