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- Dear Pamela Jones:
- Dear Pamela Jones:Why settle1) because the real meaning of that "middle east money" business is that the apparent IBM strategy of changing the subject and then spending SCO into bankruptcy fighting on the wrong topic has failed;2) and, because if IBM has to contest on the facts of the initial...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., Pamela Jones, IBM Corp., Maureen O'Gara, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-17
- Get ready for the Anti-Grok
- SCO is apparently tired of the drubbing it's taking on the primarily pro-open source and anti-SCO Groklaw Web site. InfoWorld is reporting that the company will launch its own alternative to Groklaw that SCO CEO Darl McBride says will tell his side of the story. Groklaw founder Pamela Jones analyzes legal documents...
- Tags: Groklaw, SCO Group Inc., Pamela Jones
- Blog posts 2004-10-13
- Letter to the Editor: No IBM-Groklaw connection
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR--Groklaw's Pamela Jones responds to SCO's Darl McBride's claim of IBM connection: In Dan Farber's excellent interview with Darl McBride, Mr. McBride made the statement that IBM sponsors Groklaw. That isn't true, so I appreciate the opportunity...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., Groklaw, Ibiblio, Ibibilio, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Pamela Jones, Technology News
- News items 2004-03-05
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- Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting
- Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting*New* news of *new* shocking meetings...... at http://www.groklaw.net/ Groklaw.LOL...Anyone that uses Groklaw as a source for any kind of information should probably know that Groklaw is the gutter tabloid of the internet.There is absolutely nothing unbiased about that sorry part of the internet.Seriously, someone thought...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OOXML, Details Emerge, Groklaw
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours truly
- Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours truly???Is there a non-Silverlight version of this available? Merci.RE: Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours trulyEnjoyed the interview.--rjRE: Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours trulyObservations:1. Don Box may be a legend, but he's weird in my opinion.2. The camera work was...
- Tags: Channel 9, movie star, Mary Jo
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Is celebrity contradictory with open source?
- Is celebrity contradictory with open source?Celebrity journalism?Hi Dana,Thank you for posting this review of Lacy's celebrity-wishing ways. She's hardly a journalist, if we analyze her writing.And to boot, she's not the hottest. Forbes' Victoria Barrett wins that prize by leaps and bounds.Peace.ReidWegsNot necessarilyBut CS types have been rightly claiming for...
- Tags: Linux, Dana, Lacy, open source, Sarah, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Dear Pamela Jones:
- As you must know this Stephen Norris take-over at SCO poses a real risk to groklaw - what happens to your business if IBM takes this opportunity to settle? The basis for such a settlement is obvious: SCO works to open source everything,...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., Team Management, Open Source, E-voting, Linux, Management, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- FTC says cautiously approves of DoubleClick merger
- Today the FTC announced they had no problem with Google's acquisition of DoubleClick as proposed -- but there is a catch. If Google ever does anything to abuse their position in the online ad space, the FTC will act swiftly to diffuse the situation. Because...
- Tags: Google Inc., Merger, DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- FTC: Google-DoubleClick deal a go; One dissenter; Privacy principles floated
- The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it won't block Google's $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. The vote was 4 to 1 to close the 8 month investigation. According to the FTC's statement: “After carefully reviewing the evidence, we have concluded that Google’s proposed acquisition of DoubleClick is unlikely...
- Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Microsoft says (again) it will comply fully with EU antitrust demands
- Microsoft says again it will comply fully with EU antitrust demandsThe new proxySure, MS caves to the EU's demands. Of course the interface specs will still be encumbered so the FOSS community won't touch them. No big loss for MS.On the other hand MS continues the attack. It's now known...
- Tags: Government, OPEN SOURCE, suspicion, Microsoft Corp., DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS, EU Antitrust, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Did Microsoft send in the trolls?
- Our own Stephen Shankland at C|Net has seen the other shoe drop on Steve Ballmer's patent threat.  (Found this cute guy at Funkydung.com.) Two patent trolls, Technology Licensing Corp. of Nevada and IP Innovation, a unit of Acacia Technologies, have filed suit against Novell and Red Hat for...
- Tags: Acacia Technologies Group, Patent, Microsoft Corp., TLC, Leadership, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-13
- Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gun
- Now that the "first ever" suit for patent infringement has been lodged against two major Linux distributors, many Microsoft watchers are looking for the smoking gun that will somehow connect Microsoft to the case. I have to say that it's hard to believe that Microsoft CEO Steve...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, Microsoft Corp., Brunell, Intellectual Property, Linux, Open Source, Research & Development, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- First patent suit against Linux has a Kevin Bacon-esque connection to Microsoft
- It appears as though the first patent suit against Linux -- targeting Red Hat and Novell -- is now official. According to Groklaw's Pamela Jones: IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Blogosphere, Jones, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts
- Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pactsThat'll teach who? All the people that paid license fees to SCO?Has MS called all the people that paid extortion license fees to SCO in order to use Linux to see if they will be suckered again???And, MS bought Novel, they made is so sweet...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, BSD, Microsoft Corp., open source, Come-on Billy, open-source patent pact
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- Groklaw vs. the cookie jar
- Groklaw vs. the cookie jarFunny...but meaningless NT.Groklaw is trash, much like Slashdot NT...Who's Glen Beck?No idea. But truly no surprise that groklaw would get funding from ibm and/or OSDL and/or both. It probably should be disclosed though.Groklaw Hosted on IbiblioGroklaw is hosted on Ibiblio, which is partly funded by IBM....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, cookie, Ibiblio, Groklaw, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-26
- SCO bankruptcy called imminent
- Groklaw reports, quoting documents filed by Novell, that SCOs bankruptcy is "inevitable" and "imminent."Novell was replying PDF to SCOs opposition to its motion for summary judgement, which could end the case. Pamela Jones of Groklaw also says the documents hint Microsoft and Sun were actually buying SCOSource licenses, and that...
- Tags: General, Linux, Software Licensing, Enterprise Policy, Legal, Patents, Microsoft, management, Novell Inc., SCO Group Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- SCO's last stand
- Groklaw writes that SCO is filing what could be its last papers in its Linux infringement disputes with IBM and Novell. The company asked Judge Dale Kimball to reconsider his November 29 order narrowing the scope of the dispute, as well as a November 30 order from magistrate Brooke Wells....
- Tags: Groklaw, Government, Legal, Software Licensing, Linux, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-15
- Microsoft's document gambit moves ahead
- Microsoft's document gambit moves aheadJones v. de Icaza[i]Novell's open-source vice president, Miguel de Icaza, defended the company in a spirited response posted to his blog."The reality is that people react emotionally--it's Microsoft," said Justin Steinman, Novell's director of marketing for Linux and open-platform solutions. "If people can step away from...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, ECMA, Novell Inc., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Fears of Microsoft are over-blown
- Heres the latest from Pamela Jones of Groklaw, who also posts the full text of the Microsoft-Novell Microsoft-Sun "patent" agreement:What do I think Microsoft is doing with these deals? I suspect they are making deals with every entity that has patents, clearing the deck so it can attack Red Hat...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-11-27
- Novell and Microsoft enter into late night spitting match over $40M "IP payoff"
- Novell and Microsoft enter into late night spitting match over $40M "IP payoff"Leverage or Over a BarrelFrom the text of Hovsepian's Open Letter:[i]"We have a strong patent portfolio and we have leveraged that portfolio for the benefit of the open source community."[/i]I find the use of the word 'leverage' most...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Novell Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp., IP
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
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