To: beww@intac.com, tomh@taz.ccs.fau.edu
Subject: Re: Official Linux support from Digital? 
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 98 01:02:32 -0400
From: "Jon 'maddog' Hall, USG Senior Leader" <hall@zk3.dec.com>


beww@intac.com said:
> And Microsoft owns 11% of SCO, although I believe they are no longer 
> getting royalties for the Xenix compatibility code.

> (just had to point that out)

I am sure that every night before he goes to bed, Bill counts his $51B fortune
and says:

	"Boy am I glad Microsoft owns 11% of SCO".

(sigh)

Folks, when Sun joined LI, all some people could think about is "Why would
Sun do that?"  I guess I am a Pollyanna, but maybe it is just because they
wanted to sell a few more machines, or maybe even that some people inside of
Sun *like* Linux.

For Tom's question about the address inside Digital (er, ah) Compaq where you
can voice your support of Alpha Unix platforms, right now I guess there
are two places you can send them:

	Mr. Pfeiffer
	me

Since sending them all one at a time to Mr. Pfeiffer will only make him
pissed off in the long run, you are welcome to send them to me, and I will
roll them up for him, and present them all at once.

I would suggest including in the letter (along with whatever else you want):

	Your name
	Your occupation
	Whether you are buying the machine for personal or business use
	How many machines per year you buy (ONE is an o.k. number!!  Even one
		every two or three years...he will understand, and they
		mount up over many people)
	What type of machine you would buy (Alpha, Intel)
	What size (how many megs memory, disk, etc.)
	Whether you would be interested in buying support

Put as the subject line:

	YET ANOTHER UNIX USER

I will guarantee you that my immediate management will look at them, at a
minimum, and I am fairly sure that they will get all the way up to Mr.
Pfeiffer, at least as a report.

md

P.S. You are also welcome to put a comment in your letter about how great
Jim Paradis and Jay Estabrook (as well as the rest of the Semiconductor team)
are at providing Alpha Linux support.....and even a nice note about moi.  :-)
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