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Groklaw Shifts Gears, Now Stressing Preservation

Posted by kdawson on from the think-of-the-posterity dept.

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."

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  1. Call me cynical but... by astralbat · · Score: 1, Troll

    Doesn't this lend credit to the idea that perhaps PJ was hired solely to cover the SCO trial?

    Was her mysterious identity ever uncovered?

  2. Anti-SCO shill? by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or now that SCOX is dead, the secret funding behind Groklaw has dried up, leaving them hanging on the vine? /btw, I hate SCOX too, I'm just sayin'

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  3. Groklaw and PJ sucks (and not in a good way) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Groklaw sucks, the overwhelming politics and dirty crap pulled by PJ is unconscionable, unethical and immoral.

    Delete posts because users disagree with you? for shame!

    or even completely delete users and BAN them just because we pointed out you made a mistake, that's totally scummy!

    Groklaw was good "back in the day", it's been totally meaningless and useless for a long time now.

    Oh sure, a few bits here and there. but not really. Now we have no reason to read it any more.

    Come on, deleting a post for pointing out your mistakes or disagreeing with you is totally unprofessional and unethical

    I will NOT miss groklaw.