It carries on. They bend the arms of anyone that criticises them (just like SCO
and Microsoft). Not the first victim and not the time, either. It's a pattern
of their PR people.
80% on Novell
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| OK, so sometimes I'm wrong. Miguel de Icaza called out an error I made in
| criticizing Novell for its open-source strategy. I admit that I find it hard
| to see beyond Novell's patent pact with Microsoft but, as Miguel pointed out
| in a string of emails between us today
|
| [...]
|
| Net net: I'm going to work on seeing Novell with less bite and more
| neutrality. It's admittedly very hard for me. I'm not sure why, since I was
| fantastically treated by Novell. (The only thing that ever annoyed me within
| the company - beyond a lack of market execution - was that I tried to get
| fired the month before I left because I wanted severance, and the company
| refused to lay me off. :-) But I commit to try to provide a more balanced
| view on Novell.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9774472-16.html
Related:
SCO Tried to Gag Groklaw in 2004
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| So SCO tried to gag Groklaw beginning in 2004. It moved on to
| false insinuations to journalists, ugly innuendo during a conference
| about me and Groklaw, having friendly journalists with PIs try to
| dig up dirt on me, a massive astroturfing campaign all over the
| internet, and then finally to intimidation with their recent motion.
| Well, I'm gagging, all right, but not in a good way, and certainly
| not in the way SCO hoped.
|
| I will respond like this, seriously for a moment. This is America.
| I am an American citizen. I was born here, born to certain rights
| as my birthright. I'm allowed to cover this litigation without
| being harassed and intimidated or threatened or gagged. I'm
| allowed to present facts that disprove SCO's public allegations.
| I am allowed to write what I believe is the truth, and I'm
| to present research about the allegations.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007042819571717
SCO CEO McBride Speaks Out On Novell, Finances, And Groklaw
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| InformationWeek: The Web site Groklaw has given you a pretty rough time over
| the past few years. What effect has that had on your image?
|
| McBride: I don't think you can discount the impact of Groklaw in trying to
| create a bad image around us. It's the equivalent of a negative political ad
| campaign. We used to counter everything Groklaw said. I thought it was my
| responsibility to SCO stakeholders to have a counter reaction to all these
| attacks. It turns out that doesn't work well in a courtroom setting. The
| judges told us that, my attorneys told me that, so I decided to back off.
|
| We just want to have a day in court. Though early on I admit to being more
| engaged in the battle.
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http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201803127&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb
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