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Groklaw Shifts Gears, Now Stressing Preservation
dan of the north notes a change of direction at Groklaw. Pamela Jones (PJ) writes: "I think we need to use this time to perfect our work and ensure Groklaw's preservation. It will require shutting down the daily articles and News Picks, at least for the forseeable future, but I'm convinced it's important to do it. One of the core purposes of Groklaw has always been to create a reliable record for historians and law schools to use our materials to teach and inform. ... I choose to make sure our work as fully reliable, comprehensive and, to the degree humanly possible, permanent. ... Groklaw's collection of materials is really valuable. I'd like to ensure that it survives. ... We've covered the SCO litigations since May of 2003, and it's the only complete record of this important phase in IT history."
While the corpse is still twitching, we are waiting for the formal burning, so its good that Groklaw keep up with the formalities.
And while it has been good to follow along, I agree it will be more for academia than for the casual web user.
Good Luck to PJ.
The record of SCO also includes press coverage, lawyer biographies, etc. It also spans across multiple litigants and across multiple courts in multiple jurisdictions. No single court will have a complete archive of SCO filings, and none will have press coverage and commentary. So yes, groklaw is the ONLY archive that includes the complete story.
-- Don't Tase me, bro!
Which trial are you referring to? There are multiple cases still pending.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
...and SCO-shilling who is so forgotten I can't even find him on Google anymore
Could it be that you refer to Rob Enderle? Interesting, but old bit about him here
Groklaw is certainly the only thorough one. Many other sites touch on these issues from time to time, but none so frequently and thoroughly as Groklaw. Every single major even in the SCO litigation appears to have been covered, most major documents analyzed and all of the judge's comments and rulings criticized.
- Michael T. Babcock (Yes, I blog)
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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Rob Enderl's wikipedia history is entertaining, going from long and critical to short and sweet in one revision.
As is often case for controversial subjects, the Wikipedia history tells a better story than current entry itself.
...the Alex de Tocqueville institute is forgotten, as is Dan Lyons,...
That's not entirely accurate. Dan Lyons went on to become Fake Steve Jobs and you could argue he's more famous now than then.