____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 27 March 2008 12:59 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 20 March 2008 12:29 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 19 March 2008 16:45 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Microsoft: still a bunch of gangsters."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Financial Times Writer, reaction to Microsoft 'open' pledge, 2008
>>>>>
>>>>> Even the mainstream Press calls them gangsters. It's official.
>>>>
>>>> He's not too happy about me quoting him like this.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps he's regretting putting something truthful down... it's a big
>>> problem in journalism.
>>
>> Precisely. The wrath. Perhaps I should start writing about Microsoft in my
>> future articles. Let's see how these things can get past fearful editors.
>> They try to water down accusations, no matter how justified.
>>
>
> I think the best place to write such things is in the open, in discussion
> fora, on the internet, where the legal systems cannot easily be bent to
> serve the interests of corrupt organisations.
It's an interesting situation. With a P2P-like communication method like USENET
you never actually archive or post to the Web **anything** (as in the WWW).
It's other parties that do this, so they can absorb blame (if any).
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