Journal macshune's Journal: SCO units: The Official Metric of FUD 2
I posted this earlier in the day proposing a new metric designed to accurately and quickly establish the FUD level of a given event/statement/press release, etc.
The big question is, what should form the baseline of the SCO unit? It has to be an event by which all other instances of FUD may be measured. It doesn't necessarily have to be a powerful example of FUD like the SCO v. IBM lawsuit and the crap that has rained down because of it.
Unfortunately, FUD can be difficult to quantify 'cause it's like obscenity. You know it when you see it, but finding that line between FUD and non-FUD can be difficult sometimes.
Still, we can develop a criteria to establish the SCO unit and the preeminent method of quickly and efficiently expressing levels of FUD in a given instance of FUD-raking. You can read more about FUD on wikipedia, here.
Since FUD is, by definition, an acronym reserved for talking about the computer industry and related businesses, it might be advantageous to borrow something from the Torino Scale. Maybe like:
0: The likelihood of anyone believing the FUD is zero and the FUD is of no concern.
1: Extremely unlikely that FUD will impact it's intended target or affect perceptions about them in any way.
2: Usual SCO press release. Only slashdotters and anti-SCO people get pissed off.
3: etc...
Any ideas can be posted in the comments section...
The big question is, what should form the baseline of the SCO unit? It has to be an event by which all other instances of FUD may be measured. It doesn't necessarily have to be a powerful example of FUD like the SCO v. IBM lawsuit and the crap that has rained down because of it.
Unfortunately, FUD can be difficult to quantify 'cause it's like obscenity. You know it when you see it, but finding that line between FUD and non-FUD can be difficult sometimes.
Still, we can develop a criteria to establish the SCO unit and the preeminent method of quickly and efficiently expressing levels of FUD in a given instance of FUD-raking. You can read more about FUD on wikipedia, here.
Since FUD is, by definition, an acronym reserved for talking about the computer industry and related businesses, it might be advantageous to borrow something from the Torino Scale. Maybe like:
0: The likelihood of anyone believing the FUD is zero and the FUD is of no concern.
1: Extremely unlikely that FUD will impact it's intended target or affect perceptions about them in any way.
2: Usual SCO press release. Only slashdotters and anti-SCO people get pissed off.
3: etc...
Any ideas can be posted in the comments section...
See my suggestion... (Score:2)
Posted here [slashdot.org]:
I'd argue that you should measure SCOs by the reaction to FUD...
Re:See my suggestion... (Score:1)
Some other ideas?
110 SCOs: DMCA or other flash-in-the-pan legal trick pulled against your website.
200 SCOs: you are forced to pay money for a product the organization collecting the fee does not own, although it insists it does.
300-500 SCOs: A company smears their competition when their competitors have a substantiall