SCO Vs. Groklaw

Conrad Mazian points us to an article in Forbes reporting that the SCO Group is trying to subpoena Pamela Jones of Groklaw. Except they can't find her. A few days ago PJ posted a note on Groklaw saying that she is taking some time away from the blog for health reasons; she didn't mention any SCO deposition. SCO's lawyers apparently believe that "Pamela Jones" does not exist and that Groklaw is penned by a team of IBM lawyers.

Comments

This is silly

[greg_barton]

See her wikipedia page. It lists her as author of several articles and co-author of a book. At some point she had to meet with editors or sign a contract, information about all of which is probably subject to subpoena. If SCO hasn't looked into this they're just spreading FUD. (The wikipedia article is the first listing when googling "Pamela Jones," for goodness sake: linky

Re:say a word for PJ!

[arun_s]

..she is one of the few public intellectuals who really inspire with her integrity, honesty, and quirkiness. I swear I almost shed a tear when she resigned from a paying job to quickly dispel the FUD-of-the-week about her.

I started reading Groklaw late, but I did find about this incident too. The link is here.
And here's a memorable quote from that post, where she's explaining her reasons for resigning:
Money is nice, but integrity is everything. --PJ, Groklaw.
Truly an amazing lady.

MOD PARENT UP!

[imroy]

Whoever modded this down is an idiot. The fact is, Daniel Lyons at Forbes has a long history of attacking Groklaw and Pamela Jones. I believe he even once published the address from a 'whois' lookup on groklaw.net, believing that it was Pamela's address. Luckily she'd used a P.O box (or something) in a different state to register the domain. But that gives you indication of the ad hominim attacks that SCO and its supporters indulge in.

Just do a Google search. Sadly, many of these articles have been linked from here on Slashdot, giving Forbes and Daniel the page hits they desire.

Re:I'd be stoked

[JasonFWard]

Well having followed Groklaw almost from outset, and having watched a very distasteful episode where SCO paid a journalist to track down Pamela, who then posted an article showing pictures of PJ car, house a mother I pretty certain from that alone PJ is a real person.

Added to that I've spoken to her on the phone and exchanged over the last few years perhaps a couple of dozen emails, she seems very real to me.

BTW, the article I mention above was withdrawn almost if not totally by all the websites that carried it and indeed some news editors resigned from their posts in protests at what they and many others saw as a gross violation of privacy.

All the details can be found on Groklaw itself, and Im sure creative use of the internet archive can bring back the disappeared articles no problem.

And finally, whilst I have no idea about the status of PJ health, I can say from the conversation I had with her a couple of months back I was left thinking she felt pressured and harassed (she didn't say that, it was just the impression I got), I can also confirm from conversations I've had with her she holds herself to a very high level of integrity in what she does and says.

That SCO are trying to find her again, after the last debacle just leaves me with an even bitterer taste in my mouth with SCO, something I didnt think was possible.

Re:did yall check the whois for groklaw?

[pjones]

ibiblio has hosted GrokLaw for years. But I am not Pamela Jones. We also host Eric S. Raymond's site. But I am not Eric S. Raymond.

Do you really not know what that's spoofing?

[spun]

Google "I like monkeys." Tom took that famous old Internet story and replaced the word "monkey" with "MoGTroll." I can't believe anyone here is unfamiliar with that story. Were you just being funny, and I missed it?