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The next chapter in the Merkey sagaThe next chapter in the Merkey sagaPosted Jun 22, 2005 6:28 UTC (Wed) by qu1j0t3 (guest, #25786)In reply to: The next chapter in the Merkey saga by jachim Parent article: The next chapter in the Merkey saga "Almost all of the companies" attacked by Bruce, PJ, Groklaw, Slashdot, et al are Mormon companies ...which might be said to speak volumes about Mormon business principles (or rather, lack thereof).
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The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 7:41 UTC (Wed) by hathawsh (guest, #11289) [Link] Hold on there. There's no reason to drag religion into this. There's a good chance Jeff is just as annoying to his religious community as he is to the free / open source communities.
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 8:06 UTC (Wed) by xtifr (subscriber, #143) [Link] Indeed, there are many members of the Church of Latter Day Saints who are Groklaw regulars, and who are deeply offended by what Darl and crew are doing; doubly so because they (supposedly) share a religion. And PJ has always comes down hard on those who try to attack the LDS Church--or suggest that it should be tarred with the same brush as SCO--on her forum.
Darl and Merkey both seem to want to try to make religion an issue. In Darl's case, I think it's at least in part because he thinks it'll make him more sympathetic to a Utah jury. Don't play his game! Ask, instead, how a man who lies and cheats in the pursuit of the almighty buck can claim to be a member in good standing of Church that condemns such behavior!
As for Merkey, I am not sure what his motives or plans might be, as there seem to be few signs of rationality there at all.
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 24, 2005 12:50 UTC (Fri) by zjim (guest, #30657) [Link] I myself am LDS (Mormon) and against SCO and people like Merkey who think that the way to make money is by making up false statements. I support Open Free Software because there should be choices. SCO will not win their case against IBM, Novell, Red Hat, AutoZone or Chrysler, because they are just grasping at straws. From what I see of Merkey he appears to be making a lot of noise and when he doesn't get his way then every one is out to get him. Hopefully all of these groups will countersue and win. I also agree for some one who's spent 20 years as a tech professional he doesn't know much about the lingo. I've spent 22 years and even I wouldn't figure people where out get kill me if they said I was going in their kill file.
The local (Perth WA) LDS are keen on honesty and integrity Posted Jun 22, 2005 11:57 UTC (Wed) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494) [Link] I can but presume that their US brethren (and sisteren) hew to a similar line.The Roman Catholics murdered upward of 60 million people during the reign of the various Inquisitions, but that doesn't make every RC a murderer. The Atheists in the persons of dictators like Stalin and Mao have murdered hundreds of millions of people, but that doesn't make every Atheist a murderer. Now please grow up. Disclaimer: I am not represented in any of the above groups.
The local (Perth WA) LDS are keen on honesty and integrity Posted Jun 22, 2005 15:55 UTC (Wed) by QuisUtDeus (guest, #14854) [Link] Speaking of outrageous, the "60 million" (or more commonly "50 million") claim for the inquisition is completely a fraudulant claim, spread mainly by the opponents of the Catholic Church a century or two ago.
The number that died over 350 years, mostly at the hands of the secular government, were around 3000.
More recent and objective research has exposed the myth quite soundly.
One article on the topic:
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