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O'Reilly on the Commoditization of Software
Iorek writes "International Data Group/Sverige has a great interview with Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly & Associates Inc. From predictions of eBay's purchase of Oracle to discussions of the failings of open source licenses, O'Reilly's certainly not reserved. I couldn't help but be reminded of the rise of this site and slashcode."
or maybe not.
Frok Pok
first post :)
decapitated penguins
Nothin' else to add... at the moment. This was great.
-Is the meaning of life vanity, or is vanity the meaning of life?
I hope I will enjoy my show.
Slashdot started going downhill right here:
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/16/125 6226.shtml
"Scientologists Force Comment Off Slashdot"
When they removed this comment:
http://www.peghole.com/mare/fishman2/i ndex2.html
DECLARATION OF STEVEN FISHMAN
I, Steven Fishamn, declare as follows:
1. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein,
unless stated on information and belief, and if called upon
to testify to those facts I could and would competently
do so.
2. I am a Defendant in the case of Church of Scientology
v. Steven Fishman and Uwe W. Geertz. I am currently serving a
five year sentence for mail fraud and I am under the direct
custody of the Bureau of Prisons. I am currently housed in
Dismas House, a "half-way haouse" run by the Bureau of
Prisons, and under the direct supervision of the Community
Corrections Manager of the Southern District of Florida.
My release date from incarceratyion is June 28, 1993.
3. I am prohibited from leaving the Southern District
of Florida during my incarceration. After my period of
incarceration, I will be under the supervision of the
United States Parole Commission, from June 29, 1993 until
November 28, 1993, and I am prohibited from leaving the
Southern District of Florida. After my period of Parole,
I will be under the supervision of the United
-3- (0017)
States Probation Office, from November 29, 1993 until
November 28, 1995, and I am prohibited from leaving the
Southern District of Florida, without permission of the
United States Probation Office or as ordered by the Court.
4. Due to the period of incarceration, parole and
supervised release, it is very difficult if not impossible
for me to conduct discovery and/or prepare for trial which
is tentatively scheduled to occur in the summer of 1993.
The trial is scheduled to take place in the Central
istrict of California.
5. This very Court in this very action declared
me indigent -pursuant to a Motion to Proceed in Forma
Pauperis signed by the honorable Judge Harry L. Hupp on May
28, 1992.
6. My financial condition is still indigent. I
am employed as a receptionist and data entry clerk at the
wage of $ 5.00 per hour. My gross pay is $ 200.00 per
week, as I work a forty hour week. My net pay after
deductions is $ 164.00 per week. Out of that check I
pay $ 50.00 In subsistence payments to the Dismas House,
and I make child support payments of $ 41.00 per week to my
ex-wife, Jaime Lee Nureyev, in order to help support my two
minor children. I further make a monthly non-committed
fine payment of $ 25.00 to the Debt Collection Unit of the
4 (0018)
Northern District of California and I contribute $ 20.00
per week to the support of My father, Jack Fishman, who is
also destitute and has been adjudicated bankrupt by the
Southern District of Florida, and is living only on his
social security chock. I wish the Court to know that I am
indigent and destitute and besides not being able to afford
the cost of bringing witnesses to testify at trial in the
Central District of Cdlifornia I cannot afford even a
plane ticket or money for a hotel room to come out there
for the trial myself.
7. I cannot afford nor have I been able to afford to
conduct discovery in this case, nor to issue subpoenas,
hire court reporters etc., in the Central District of
California, a jurisdiction which is convenient for the
Plaintiff but not for myself as a Defendant in this case.
8. Although my ability to conduct discovery in
either jurisdiction is impossible due to my financial
circumstances I ask the Court to recognize my right to
attend My own trial as the Defendant, which would be
impossible in California unless my traveling and hotel
expenses were paid for by the Plaintiff o
> i can't help but be reminded of the rise of this
site and slashcode
except, unlike slashdot (and the twice abysmal
slashcode), ebay and oracle don't Suck
I couldn't help but be reminded of the rise of this site and slashcode.
I couldn't help but be reminded of how GAY you are.
Happy 227!
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