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Groklaw Declares Victory, No More Articles
tomhudson writes "Pamela Jones announced that as of May 16th, she will no longer be updating groklaw: 'I have decided that Groklaw will stop publishing new articles on our anniversary, May 16. I know a lot of you will be unhappy to hear it, so let me briefly explain, because my decision is made and it's firm. In a simple sentence, the reason is this: the crisis SCO initiated over Linux is over, and Linux won. SCO as we knew it is no more."
Except that what Groklaw counted as facts and what it counted as misinformation seemed to depend on what benefited IBM too much. Most egregariously, when IBM launched a lawsuit against a company providing support for the open source TurboHercules software - using patents they'd promised not to use against open source software no less - PJ insisted that suing a company providing commercial support an open source project, using the argument that said project is illegal, is in no way an attack on the open source project, and that anyone claiming otherwise was spreading FUD. This is the exact opposite of how she viewed similar lawsuits against companies providing support for open source software when the lawsuits harmed IBM.
Of course, it doesn't help that Groklaw systematically deletes comments with facts or opinions in contradiction to Groklaw's point of view, deletes any reference to comments having been deleted, bans users who write either kind of comment, and conceals from the comment author the fact that their comment has been deleted and only they can see it.
Groklaw has ALWAYS *SUCKED*
PJ (not their real name) has hidden behind a fake name for far too long,
and refuses to allow anyone to post anything that's contrary to the "party line"
even if what's being posted is the TRUTH
god forbid you should contradict one of s/he's holier than thou postings with FACTS - can't have that - you get banned forever
it's happened to a lot of people.
even I posted a factual contradiction to a posting this PJ had made saying "wait, that's not what the article you posted said at all!"
this PJ had edited the article and deleted anything that didn't support their point of view.
my posting of the actual, complete, real article disrupted the FUD fest going on.
I was banned for life, for that one single incident, for daring to speak the truth
I said goodbye and good riddance to the crapfest that was Groklaw, it outlived its 15 minutes of fame ages ago and has ceased being useful for years.
I won't miss it.
oh yes, SCO hasn't lost yet - they will be around for years, and all the execs there will walk away with millions - no charges, no jail, no nothing. I bet you $$$