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Groklaw Refutes LinuxWorld Story About AIX Sources
rimberg writes "Maureen O'Gara printed a story about what allegedly was said in the last court hearing between IBM and SCO. Groklaw had eyewitnesses at the hearing. None of them reports seeing Ms. O'Gara there. Furthermore, none of them heard any of what she 'reports' about IBM supposedly claiming not to be able to find code. Let me repeat that. IBM never said anything like that, according to groklaw eyewitnesses."
Don't kid yourself. I know what PJ looks like and she doesn't dare reveal her luscious looks to drooling /. types. She's kind of a young Paulina type, but with better headlights. Kind of like Heidi Klum's, or that Britney Spears girl, although not too muscular like Britney. Actually, her ass is a lot like Britney's, or Michelle Pfeiffer's back when she did Grease 2. But PJ is smilier than Michelle. Kinda like Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, before she got Stamosed. But she's not as skinny as Rebecca. She's a little meatier, like Heidi. But without that accent. You know those accents: yah-yah-yah-yah. They get old really fast. Anyway, PJ's like that.
"IBM's patent department is actively lobbying Europe to legalise software patents. They have invested millions in fighting example cases to leading European lawcourts such as the EPO's Technical Boards of Appeal and the German Federal Court in order to soften and eventually remove European restrictions on patenting software. They have also threatened European politicians that IBM might close down local facilities if software patents are not legalised in Europe. IBM has also prevented the US government from conducting studies on the value of software patents for the national economy. In the wake of the Opensource hype, IBM's rhetoric has become relatively moderate, but nonetheless it is supported by real pressure. IBM has acquired approximately 1000 European software patents whose legal status is currently unclear. Given the great number of software patents in IBM's hands, IBM is one of the few software companies who may have a genuine interest in software patentability. Once software patents become assertable in Europe, an IBM tax of several billion EUR per year may be levied on European software companies."
Instead of the Slashdot editors making the final say on what gets posted as a story. Why not have a list of stories that people can mod up or down. Then only let the stories that have a high enough score get on the front page? That might of kept this story off of the front page
Perfect! You fit the Groklaw shill just right:
"I will ignore your criticism by calling you a troll..."
"Hypotypical"??
:)
Ummm... Did you just make up a word? If not, what the hell does it mean? (can't find anything at google or dictionary.com)
It looks like "hypothetical" and "typical" had a bastard child that was kept in the basement until you let it out
"This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence" - Vyvyan "The Young Ones"
hypotypical as defined by the dictionary of neologistics--
:less than / below :common
hypo-
typical
Less than common example.
Doesn't do anything to support his point though.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
Heheh... no, I didn't make it up. But somebody else did. Umberto Eco, to be precise.
Look for it in Eco's The Name of the Rose. Eco uses it (judging from context) to mean the quality of being an atypical but illustrative example, and applies it to describe that quality which lists and list-making have of creating a sense of understanding where none may actually exist.
I'm the meme thief... I don't coin phrases - I steal other people's coinage.
- Peter Ravn Rasmussen