Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10

Nick LeRoy (nleroy@cs.wisc.edu)
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:21:04 -0500


On Monday 22 October 2001 17:16, Tony Hoyle wrote:
> In the ancient scrolls of Usenet, page
> <Pine.LNX.4.30.0110221508450.19190-100000@anime.net>, "Dan Hollis"
>
> <goemon@anime.net> spake thus:
> > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> >> Last I heard Linus was in the USA, his not being able to participate in
> >> security discussions worries me very much. Ditto Redhat and IBM.
> >
> > I wonder if Linus has an exit-usa plan in case the SSSCA passes. If the
> > SSSCA does pass, Linus would be in extreme danger.
>
> It wouldn't surprise me if half of silicon valley had an exit plan...
> The fallout will be fun to watch from 3000 miles away :-)
>
> Tony

I'm not sure if anybody else has heard this yet, but apparently a number of
big software corps, including M$ & IBM have come out AGAINST the SSSCA. This
is good news.

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-10-23-008-20-NW-BZ-LL

-Nick
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