The IT media needs SCO's web site. [LWN.net]

The IT media needs SCO's web site.

Posted Dec 10, 2003 22:27 UTC (Wed) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)
In reply to: The IT media needs SCO's web site. by dmarti
Parent article: SCO press release on DDOS attack

I am with you here.

The purpose of this kind of attack is to spread fear, uncertainty and
doubt.

We all know who patented FUD as a business method.

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The IT media needs SCO's web site.

Posted Dec 10, 2003 22:54 UTC (Wed) by LogicG8 (guest, #11076) [Link]

Ironically I believe it was IBM...
The term FUD was coined by a former
employee Gene Amdahl about IBMs
marketing tactics.

Businesses can't be trusted. Always
remember the price of freedom is
constant vigilance. For those with
a longer memory this is all
deliciously ironic. I'd like to keep
Big Blue as an ally but like all
businesses they can turn at the drop
of a hat when their bottom line is
threatened. SCOX is just the latest
turncoat.

FUD: a living definition

Posted Dec 11, 2003 19:59 UTC (Thu) by jre (guest, #2807) [Link]

True.
It bears noting, though, that ESR has found it necessary to acknowledge a hierarchy of evil in updating the definition of FUD maintained in the Jargon Files.