Comment Re:Vim is painful. (Score 0, Offtopic) 308
Say that again with a name, Coward Troll!
Submission + - First Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Li 2
walterbyrd writes: "According to the blog post on groklaw: IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state — Texas."
Journal Journal: Scotland Convicts Man for Thoughtcrime. 3
Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21,has been convicted for having the wrong kind of reading material He has been jailed since April and will be sentenced next month for:
Journal Journal: PC Magazine Editor Slams Vista and Steps Down. 816
MacNN caught this incredible defection and loss of faith by a former Vista booster, PC Magazine editor-in-chief Jim Louderback, as he steps down from his position. The man himself writes:
Submission + - Patent threat looms large over OOXML (nzoss.org.nz)
An anonymous reader writes: "If OOXML goes through as an ISO standard, the IT industry, government and business will encumbered with a 6000-page specification peppered with potential patent liabilities" said New Zealand OSS President Don Christie.
"Alarm bells are going off in many parts of the world over OOXML. Normally ISO draft standards would be drawn up by a number of stakeholder organisations, involving an often slow process of consensus building and knowledge sharing. Since many aspects of the office document format remain proprietary, OOXML has not taken this development track."
Feed The Register: Novell owns Unix copyrights after all (theregister.com)
Bookmark Dell Will Sell Linux on PCs Outside of U.S. (pcworld.com)
Journal Journal: The Horrifying American Roots of Nazi Eugenics
The Horrifying American Roots of Nazi Eugenics
By Edwin Black
Mr. Black is the author of IBM and the Holocaust and the just released War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, from which the following article is drawn.
Hitler and his henchmen victimized an entire continent and exterminated millions in his quest for a co-called "Master Race."
