IBM and the labors of TurboHercules

Posted Apr 8, 2010 10:52 UTC (Thu) by baran (guest, #28429)
In reply to: IBM and the labors of TurboHercules by Baylink
Parent article: IBM and the labors of TurboHercules

Unfortunately. (Google for the ultimately pathetic phrase 'armed and dangerous' + blog)

And he seems to have a personal stake in the whole brouhaha, so this might be quite interesting ride.

IBM and the labors of TurboHercules

Posted Apr 8, 2010 11:46 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (4 responses)

ESR's personal stake is probably that they're threatening a project forked from a project that a friend of his is maintaining. I don't see anything suspicious in that.

IBM and the labors of TurboHercules

Posted Apr 8, 2010 14:16 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (guest, #755) [Link] (3 responses)

I hadn't realized that ESR and Jay "you ignorant splut" Maynard were buddies, though I probably shouldn't be surprised...

IBM and the labors of TurboHercules

Posted Apr 8, 2010 14:22 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (guest, #755) [Link] (2 responses)

And FWIW: ESR's reaction is much closer to mine than to Florian's; remember, Eric's been married to an attorney for most of the decade...

IBM and the labors of TurboHercules

Posted Apr 12, 2010 13:04 UTC (Mon) by baran (guest, #28429) [Link] (1 responses)

BTW, I'm slightly disgusted when I'm looking at the defend-the-good-ol'-IBM-at-all-cost reaction at Groklaw; it seems that PJ's own civility is really tested by any less-than-enthusiastic opinion with regard to IBM, i.e. she's overreacting there in a very unpleasant manner. (And of course, Mr. Schestowitz is now in his usual full-paranoia trolling mode as well.)

If it would not be so pathetic, it would be quite amusing to watch.

IBM and the labors of TurboHercules

Posted Apr 15, 2010 23:16 UTC (Thu) by stumbles (guest, #8796) [Link]

Really? Hm. Next to a lawyer, I could give PJs thoughts on this matter far more weight than just about anyone else that has wasted electrons on this farce. BTW, your weighted value is nil.