Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!ulysses!hector!ekrell From: ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: O'pain Software Foundation: (3) relationship to GNU & openness Message-ID: <10354@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 6 Jun 88 00:51:09 GMT References: <5412@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3166@pdn.UUCP> <3c3fdf1b.4bee@apollo.uucp> <1018@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> <358@mipseast.mips.COM> <10344@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <371@mipseast.mips.COM> Sender: netnews@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com Reply-To: ekrell@hector (Eduardo Krell) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!ulysses!hector!ekrell From: ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: O'pain Software Foundation: (3) relationship to GNU & openness Message-ID: <10354@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 6 Jun 88 00:51:09 GMT References: <5412@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3166@pdn.UUCP> <3c3fdf1b.4bee@apollo.uucp> <1018@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> <358@mipseast.mips.COM> <10344@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <371@mipseast.mips.COM> Sender: netnews@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com Reply-To: ekrell@hector (Eduardo Krell) Lines: 14 In article <371@mipseast.mips.COM> rogerk@mipseast.mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes: >7% (plus, as I recal, a board seat) can have quite a bit of influence, >especially when AT&T is contractually committed to being able to own >20%. You still haven't answered my question: Show us how AT&T, owning over 20% of Olivetti (and a board seat) has been able to control or influence it (the answer is they haven't been able to). Then show us, why AT&T would be able to influence Sun with only 7% of the stock when it was unable to influence Olivetti with over 20%. Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ UUCP: {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ulysses!ekrell ARPA: ekrell@ulysses.att.com