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Slashback: Epson, AbiWord, Justification

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nova-nova dept.

Slashback tonight brings you updates on AbiWord's recent donation theft, persistent Australian spammers, more support for open software in government, and more -- read on below. Update: 10/31 00:09 GMT by T : Oops, doubled news of AbiWord / Paypal situation update has been halved; apologies.

It was the least they could do. Last week, AbiWord's PayPal account for donations was lightened to the tune of several hundred dollars. Now, an anonymous reader writes "According to this posting, PayPal has succumbed to the pressure. They have agreed to reimburse the AbiWord team for the money that was stolen from their account last week. I still want to know how the AbiWord account was broken into..."

Because licenses matter. specht writes "I am a bit surprised that nobody has reported this yet. EPSON KOWA made their scanner and printer software available for downloading again after they had to pull it because of a GPL violation (see the previous Slashdot story). More information about this (and why it had to be removed in the first place) are here . Kudos to EPSON KOWA and EPSON for working with the FSF to resolve these issues."

No, that's "Gorilla marketing." akiaki007 writes "As many might have noticed, Friday most of Manhattan was covered with butterflies. This article on CNN that states that NYC fined MS $50.00 and the cost of cleaning up the static-cling plastic ads. On a side note, most other companies probably would have been fined per ad, though somehow MS got off, pretty much scot-free."

Priceless -- which is nice when you're paying. Digital Soldier writes "HERE is an article from Government Executive Magazine justifying, from a security perspective, the use of open source software in government. In short, the article makes the point that open source software allows security administrators to be pro-active rather than purely reactive in their work. I guess they don't like waiting for service packs."

Lovely spam, lovely spam ah ah ah ah ... ghostrider_one writes "Australian IT is reporting that notorious Australian spammers T3 direct have appealed the recent dismisssal of their lawsuit against the person they blame for being blacklisted in SPEWS."

12 of 205 comments (clear)

  1. I'm used to double-posting of slashdot articles... by tuxlove · · Score: -1, Redundant

    But a double-posting inside a single slashback tops it. (AbiWord resolution)

  2. A new first? by BeBoxer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I know Slashdot occasionally posts duplicate articles, but I think this may be the first time a story has been duplicated in the same article!.

    1. Re:A new first? by Mac+Beckett · · Score: 0, Redundant


      That's all very interesting, but did you hear that PayPal has paid back the money that was stolen from AbiWord?



      True! I read it on /.



      That's all very interesting, but did you hear that PayPal has paid back the money that was stolen from AbiWord?



      True! I read it on /.



      Mac
  3. Repeat story? by b1t+r0t · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is the first time I've seen Slashdot repeat a story in the same article!

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  4. In story dupe by IgD · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Hey you reported the resolution to the AbiWord / Paypal incident twice. That's an in story dupe:) I'm proudly the first /. reader in history to report this kind of editorial error!!!

  5. double slashback? by niloroth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is it just me, or have we gone from having two posts about the same issue, to having two stories in the same post about the same thing?

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  6. Only on /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    could they repost a story twice *in the same slashback!*

  7. Oh my god... by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Mickey and Minnie Mouse have turned traitor!

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  8. New Slashdot Low by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Duplicate articles now appearing within a single article. Guess we couldn't have expected them to read the first paragraph and compare it to what was written a few lines below it.

  9. Takes the biscuit... by Andy+Smith · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "That's the PayPal news. Now it's time for the PayPal news..."

    Jeez, lots of people bitch and whine about duplicate stories being posted, but when the same news is posted twice in the *same* story, you gotta laugh...

  10. No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
  11. Re:It occurs to me... by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 1, Redundant

    many marketing companies in London regularly go around spray-painting music artist's names onto street furniture

    We don't keep our furniture in the street, so it's really not relevant. If I left my furniture in the street, I'm sure I'd expect that sort of thing too.

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