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Are You Ready for the SCO Blitz?
eibhear writes "Over on Groklaw, PJ has a theory that SCO is about to embark on an astroturfing campaign, based somewhat on Darl McBride's repeated comparison of the Slashdot and Groklaw styles of blogging at the recent SCOForum conference. PJ reckons: 'an astroturf campaign depends upon a non-moderated site, which explains McBride's sudden fondness for Slashdot.' '" The whole thing is really fishy, but the story is really worth reading just to see the weird battle occurring between SCO and Groklaw now.
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Like a pack of wolves, you surround the carcass
of Linux, hoping to digest any living flesh from
it in a desperate attempt to appetise your
swollen parasite infested stomachs. You make me sick...
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It's much worse on Groklaw. They delete posts time after time after time. I've presented court documents on Groklaw for their supposed unbiased review and had my posts mysteriously "disappear". I know first hand that Groklaw deletes pro-SCO points of view constantly, especially when I point out that the evidence shows in many cases that SCO might in fact be right. It's happened to me DOZENS of times, now. Hell, I'd be surprised if this post doesn't get shitcanned for daring to oppose the status quo of anti-SCO bias that is so prevalent in the rabid Linux/Open Source Zealot community.
The whole thing is really fishy, but the story is really worth reading just to see the weird battle occuring between SCO and Groklaw now.
Oooh! Two Americans with too much time on their hands going at each other over some IP lawsuits. How novel and exciting. You don't see that every day... oh wait!
<tinfoil-hat>What if groklaw is itself part of some really convoluted astroturfing plan to give SCO (and MS) even more publicity against Linux?
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Anyone who has been saying that Darl McBride is a child molestor would not be telling the truth. There is currently no evidence that Darl McBride molests little girls.
I repeat, there is no evidence that Darl McBride has molested any little girls this week. Don't believe any reports you may hear.
No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
Oh goodness, I hope that trend continues into November. Please.
mefus
In Open Society, GPL Software frees YOU!
I'm perpetually amazed that so many don't condemn the SCO parasites and call them what they are as it goes so much against church teachings of open-paradigm systems.
Especially considering that Joseph Smith copied huge sections from the Bible into the Book of Mormon. You'll find Isaiah word for word in 2cnd Nephi and tons of the New Testament scattered throughout the book. The Mormons certainly don't have a problem with plagiarism.
I know I will be modded down for this, but ...
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Well I for one welcome our new SCO overlords. . . . . .
CmdrTaco you forgot to log in!
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Dude, PJ has stated that Groklaw isn't a public forum, and you keep posting? I had a post deleted once, was told that my critical views weren't welcome, and I let it go. I don't read the posts or post there anymore.
You've had 12 posts deleted and you're still at it? Can't you get it into your head that they don't want you in their little club? If you've got valid info, post it here or start your own site.
I still find groklaw to consistently be the best source of news on all things SCO. I just don't want to 1) post where I am not welcome, nor 2) join a cult.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
I'll probably be modded down for this, but I don't think that's true.
I, for one, welcome our new editor overlords!
insecurity asks the wrong question irritation gives the wrong answer
1. Many slashboys believe charging money for things is evil. I used to be a Linux trainer as my only job during college and the local LUG had too many misguided folks who refused to pay one cent for training by principle. That's one reason I'm not a Linux trainer anymore.
2. Slashboys don't often RTFA (read the frickin' articles). They assume to know things they simply can't or trust the author of the original post too much. They think that comments were designed for preaching to the choir and act accordingly.
3. Slashboys seem to think Beowulf clusters are clearly superior to custom hardware supercomputers, which to them are analogous to buggy whips. I'm now in the supercomputer industry and the opposite is true if anything. Modern clusters, especially those using open standard networking, suck for bandwidth. These Slashboys refuse to listen to reason when even their own leaders whack them with it, however. More hardware technology is needed in the marketplace, not less.
4. Slashboys think there's a technological solution to everything. If Bill Gates ever did wield a clue stick, it was to say the obvious at a Digital Divide conference and point out that you can't enjoy being digitally connected without food, water, shelter, and power. Without that, a network connection is just a toy for the baby to chew on while dreaming of milk.
5. Slashboys are often language lawyers who will fall for cheap tricks to make them look petty and who will support your straw men in a debate, rationalizing their argument only with "X said something like this once." X being Stallman, Torvalds, Perens, or PJ. They also take overly emphatic views about Your Rights Online articles. This is why trolling there is so much fun.
6. A sad number of Slashboys live in a bubble where idiotic political ideas like libertarianism, anarchy, or communism make sense. This is often because they're young, idealistic, and/or spend too much time in front of the computer to understand what they support. Quite often, Slashboys won't even know which candidates back them on technology or critical issues except for senators in other states.
7. Some Slashboys behave like every opinion of theirs is constantly justifying their purchase of a product or use of a technology. It's just like an Apple owner who went through childhood ignoring how their computer had terrible separation anxiety with floppy disks, didn't frequently blue screen because it was a white screen instead, and didn't complain about the tedious networking because they never tried to do it.
8. A number of Slashboys treat Slashdot as their main source of news. I admit I'm guilty here because I first learned of 9/11 while at college by reading Slashdot that day. However, Slashdot only has one beat and often only one angle. One should diversify their news sources from non-TV network sources and the like to avoid being culturally ignorant.
I'm not an astroturfer and frankly, I'd like to change these things. I noticed from Bruce Perens' sig line that he's practically given up on Slashdot lately. I'd prefer to see that Slashdot folks learn to recognize these faults and try to represent themselves better in public and the first step is education.
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