| |||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
Linus responds to SCOLinus responds to SCOPosted Sep 11, 2003 17:37 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104)Parent article: Linus responds to SCO I believe it's irresponsible to publish such documents without any reference to their source. If Linus sent this message to LWN, please say so. If you took it from another source, please disclose it. You see, the discussion is now whether Linus wrote it or not. We are dealing with dishonest opponents, and it's very important that we don't let anyone to mislead us.
(Log in to post comments)
Linus responds to SCO Posted Sep 11, 2003 17:40 UTC (Thu) by dwalters (guest, #4207) [Link] I trust LWN to verify the authenticity of their sources. If LWN says it's from Linus, I have no reason to disbelieve them.
Linus responds to SCO Posted Sep 11, 2003 18:12 UTC (Thu) by Thanatopsis (guest, #14019) [Link] *SIGH*http://infoworld.com/article/03/09/10/HNtorvaldssco_1.html It's real already.
Linus responds to SCO Posted Sep 12, 2003 2:23 UTC (Fri) by mbp (guest, #2737) [Link] Being printed by an IDG rag does not make something real.I think it probably *is* real, but IT industry publications are not famous for painstaking journalism and fact-checking.
Authenticity Posted Sep 12, 2003 4:22 UTC (Fri) by dwalters (guest, #4207) [Link] Isn't it interesting how many people have expressed doubts about the authenticity of this communication from Linus Torvalds.I don't recall there being any similiar discussions about the authenticity of recent press release announcements from Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond. I have no doubt that this came from Linus Torvalds, but perhaps the fact that a few people have expressed doubts about it shows that this was a little out of character for him. Maybe the open letter from Darl McBride was just a little more than he could take without feeling he HAD to say something.
Not really all that interesting Posted Sep 12, 2003 15:27 UTC (Fri) by brokeninside (guest, #8722) [Link] Perens and Raymond both hosted their open letter on their respective web sites along with submitting it as a press release. Linus has not done the same. This leaves the open letter from Linus having a lesser amount of trustworthiness.It is also relevent that forged emails from Linus have made their way to the LKML and other places in the past. Some of these have been remarkably in character. That said, I doubt whether or not Linus actually wrote this particular letter is of no real consequence provided that he agrees with the sentiment and the fashion in which that sentiment was expressed.
Authenticity Posted Sep 12, 2003 15:28 UTC (Fri) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] My doubts have nothing to do with contents of the Linus' letter. It's the wording of the LWN article that made me (and probably others) suspicious:An "open response" from Linus Torvalds to Darl McBride's letter is being circulatedIf the editors said - "we've got a responce from Linus" or "Linus has published his responce", there would be no question. But it sounded as if the editor wasn't sure if the letter was original.
Linus responds to SCO Posted Sep 12, 2003 5:30 UTC (Fri) by mbp (guest, #2737) [Link] > IT industry publications are not famous for painstaking journalism and> fact-checking. LWN is an exception, of course.
|
|
||||||||||||