SlashDot.org: SCO's Roadshow Coming Soon
"TheRegister has an article on the latest form of SCO FUD, their Roadshow.
Funded by HP and kicking off on Oct. 7, SCO users throughout the U.S. and
Canada can get their chance to go show Darl just how much they "love" SCO.
But of course, Linux users are free to attend."
The Register Article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/33098.html
SCO's RoadShow Info: http://www.sco.com/partners/city_to_city/oct2003/
A number of ideas stated/quoted from Slashdot as well:
1) Show up at these things impeccably dressed, clean cut, and be a perfect
gentleman(or lady); wear only a small linux penguin pin like our lovely
"patriots" in the US gov't are so fond of doing these days with the american
flag pin. That will impress people far more than a freakshow, no matter how
valid your ideas are. Rowdyness, immaturity, and messyness do not impress.
They intimidate, scare, and irritate.
Show the world we're serious, because folks- the linux "community",unlike a
real community, we have yet to stand up for ourselves, especially those
whose work is being whole-heartedly claimed by someone else- writing opinion
pieces, open letters, etc is not "standing up". Legal action is what we
need, but showing up in person is a step; we need a face, and we need one
better looking and more tactful than RMS.
2) How about people (well behaved of course) turning up outside these
functions and giving all attendees free linux distributions and information
as the arrive and leave? Nothing like spreading a little information - and
if SCO tries to block it, it makes them look like the bad guys. For the cost
of a couple of hundred writable CD's and some time a lot of good could be
done to a very good target audience.
3) Go and make signs and pamphlets, protest and hand out the pamphlets
outside the venue...then go in when it starts. Leave the signs outside if
they have a problem with it...but have t-shirts with the same signs on under
another shirt, and then take off the outter shirt when the "show" starts.
But be quiet (but ask lots of questions!), be nice, but take every legit
oportunity to disrupt their MEME! (Get your T-Shirt here:
http://www.anti-tshirt.com/)
If they are comming to our areas, let's take it to their front doors...find
out what hotels they are at, and call them at 3 am to express your
displeasure with what they are doing. Remember, do anything legal to disrupt
their Mobile FUD Factory.
4) Pass out leaflets with the follow site information:
http://home.swbell.net/mck9/sco/
-- M
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