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by **s_PeePs** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:51 am

Main, I saw your post on Linuxtoday, and it inspired me to start urging people online to inform Google of their intention to switch search engines if Google caves in to SCO and buys a counterfeit Linux license. The email address of Google's business division is:

bizdev@google.com

by **Void Main** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:21 pm

Cool, great idea! I guess I'll send them a note right now. Thanks! :)

by **Void Main** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:12 pm

Here is the message that I just sent to the address you listed:

Subject: SCO extortion

Hopefully I have the correct address. First off let me say that you are certainly the best search engine on the Internet. I read the article about SCO attempting to extort money from you for using Linux:
http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2004011000426NWCD

I must say that I started using your service "because" I knew that Linux was at the heart of your business. I can't imagine that you would pay SCO off without seeing proof of their claims, and without them winning a court case over the claims, neither of which I ever expect to see happen. However, if you do pay them off just to get rid of them then I will be forced to take my business somewhere else. I will also strongly urge others to do the same. I would be very interested to hear your side of the story.

viewtopic.php?t=834&highlight=

Thanks,
Void Main

I don't know if it will do any good but I really would be interested in hearing Google's response to SCO's extortion attempt.

by **s_PeePs** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:41 pm

You're the first person I know of who actually followed my urging. I liked your email. It was thoughtful-- which made it a nice complement to mine. Mine was somewhat pithier :

Subject: If you give one dime to SCO, I'm switching to Yahoo!
Message: I repeat: If you give one dime to SCO, I'm switching to Yahoo!

It got the job done, but I appreciate the fact that you said everything that I would have said if I hadn't been rushing to get to work.

here is the URL of my webpage, which might be useful to anyone interested in getting the word out. It's just a simple Blogger template page, but it might save time and typing:

[url]http://www.sco2hell.blogspot.com

BTW, VOID, I like your forum, and I look forward to visiting again soon!

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by **Master of Reality** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:50 pm

jolly good show

by **Jiema** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:03 pm

Not to be anal, but I was pretty sure Yahoo used Google... :?:

by **Void Main** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:08 pm

Yes, YaHoo does currently use Google although I believe their contract is about up and they are going to switch away from Google when it is. I think it was about 2 years ago that they started using Google if memory serves.

by **s_PeePs** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:32 am

Yahoo uses Google? Damn, I had no idea! :oops:

Guess I'll have to write them again. I'm certainly not going to switch to MSN! :wink:

by **Calum** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:26 pm

why not use dmoz? or dogpile (except they pipe in google results amongst others)?

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