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Computer user group blasts SCO "hypocrisy"


Publication:	InfoWorld	Date:	Feb 28 2004

A respected computer users group has begun lobbying Congress to ignore arguments against open-source software made by Unix vendor The SCO Group. In an interesting twist, both a Microsoft research engineer and a computer executive fired by his company for criticizing Microsoft have contributed to the effort.

On Friday, the Usenix Association, a 6,000-member nonprofit association of technical computer users based in Berkeley, Calif., published an open letter refuting many of the arguments that SCO had been making to Congress, including that Linux and open source software ran contrary to U.S. interests.

Usenix plans to send the letter to members of Congress and to a number of committees, caucuses and leadership organizations in Washington, D.C., according to association spokeswoman Wendy Grubow.