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inaccurateinaccuratePosted Jan 16, 2004 21:17 UTC (Fri) by vblum (subscriber, #1151)Parent article: Linux users face licence cash call (BBC News) I had a fairly high opinion of BBC's reporting so far. This piece is a real disappointment. Except for the obvious inaccuracies (see above), they fail to address things like SCO's unwillingness to offer any proof whatsoever for their claims, or the stark incompatibility of SCO's "license offering" with the license under which Linux has been released. I forget now whether they mentioned that this is a Linux company which bought its Unix rights (whatever their nature) in order to then sue IBM using those acquired rights ....
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and ... Posted Jan 16, 2004 21:42 UTC (Fri) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] And changed their name to that used by the other company in order to looklike an old Unix provider rather than a failed dot-com era Linux company eyeing the lawsuit as a way to keep their stock from being delisted.
inaccurate Posted Jan 19, 2004 9:49 UTC (Mon) by minichaz (subscriber, #630) [Link] "I had a fairly high opinion of BBC's reporting so far."You have obviously not read much of the BBC's technology reporting then because it is terrible. I have no idea who the reporters are but they appear to be a lazy bunch not at all keen on research and they generally just recycle press releases. I've used the feedback option a number of times and they have never bothered to respond or correct factual errors I have informed them of(always very politley and calmly). As a British tax (and TV license) payer I am bitterly dissapointed in the falling journalistic standards of the BBC and am considering contacting my local Minister of Parliament to request that he looks into the matter.
inaccurate Posted Jan 19, 2004 10:05 UTC (Mon) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link] All reporting is always 100% accurate. -- Except when someone is writing about a field you actually know something about.
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