Re:What would slashdot do? (Score 1)

They didn't cave. They were prepared to litigate this thing. Didn't you read the letter their lawyer posted? Microsoft caved. Simple as that. Just because you don't hear about something doesn't mean that the site caved. In 90 percent of the cases, the threatening party quietly slinks away. You do not get into this business, information, and cave in to every threat. You apologize when wrong and hope you won't be bankrupted if you're right. But that is something you're taught from day one in Journalism school. The only thing that prevents suits is that libel law and its cousins are so hard to prove, people with means rather sue in the UK, where the law is much easier to prove. Microsoft was threatening because threats work. Except when you're backed by a major corporation, like Slashdot is. Just because they didn't post a big fat letter saying "Fuck you, Bill, sue us" don't assume that it wasn't resolved in their favor. There are going to be many more fights with Microsloth in the future, and the fact they went that far to defend one of you people (AOL would have punked you out in minutes) is something you should consider before yelling sellout. Steve Gilliard Netslaves