[PLUG] Article in Linux Today about M$ kill UNIX at Universities..

[Jeff DeFouw]

On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Matthew Scott Wallace wrote:

> I'm sure most of you saw this on Slashdot, but Linux Today had an article
> about the M$ strategy of getting rid of UNIX on college campuses.. This is
> obviously happening here at Purdue, with the new wonderful MSCA.. I really
> think we should try to inform students and administration what's going on
> here.. I'm sure that most students don't understand the price tag that
> comes with their "free" copy of Windows 98.  Hell.. maybe most students
> don't care.. but I'd at least like to try and do _something_.. I guess I
> don't exactly know what.. but I think we may all be getting our mail
> through Microsoft Exchange if something doesn't change soon..

Train an army of penguins, strap remote-controlled missiles to their
backs, and prepare them for an invasion of Redmond.  I suppose we'll have
to convince Batman to let it all happen though...

I'm not real concerned at this point.  I haven't seen a lot going on here
as far as the microsoft deals except MS stuff is $5 and the university
wasted money.  It'll be a cold day in hell before unix goes quietly here.
There are lots of unix boxen around (SunOS/Solaris, Irix, Linux, *BSD)
supported by quite a few people.  I recall Spafford not being real fond of
Microsoft or NT.  I do believe he knocked Microsoft during one of my
visits. :)  No, unix is not threatened here.  At least not any time soon.  
Should that occur (always have a plan B!), maybe the discovery channel
would be interested in funding our penguin training.  Nothing brings in
ratings like a documentary of militant penguins launching explosives at a
corporate compound on live TV.

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Jeff DeFouw <defouwj@purdue.edu>