Groklaw shutting down in May [LWN.net]

Groklaw shutting down in May

Posted Apr 10, 2011 17:57 UTC (Sun) by cyd (guest, #4153)
In reply to: Groklaw shutting down in May by FlorianMueller
Parent article: Groklaw shutting down in May

Hi Mr. Mueller,

I am flattered and pleased that you have deigned to reply! Not even in my dreams have I conceived of conversing, even over the Internet, with someone worthy enough to have been credited in three separate (!) Blizzard Entertainment titles. However, I sense that you are being overly coy in stating your qualifications. No doubt there are numerous employee-of-the-month and high school yearbook awards that you have omitted to mention, due to a misplaced sense of modesty. Please, don't hold back on this account.

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Groklaw shutting down in May

Posted Apr 10, 2011 18:01 UTC (Sun) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048) [Link] (2 responses)

@cyd, you are actually right that I didn't list all of them. CNET Networks UK handed me (jointly with an activist organization) the Outstanding Contribution to Software Development Award, Silicon.com put me on the list of the 50 Silicon Agenda Setters, Linux Magazine named me runner-up to its Outstanding Contribution to Linux & Open Source Award. But the reason I didn't mention those awards is because I wanted to focus on those with the most impressive fellow laureates -- more impressive than any fellow laureates Groklaw can point to.

Groklaw shutting down in May

Posted Apr 10, 2011 20:11 UTC (Sun) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link]

I think you failed the sarcasm test, buddy. :)

I know you're responding to someone claiming you're a nobody, but just as a friendly (really) bit of advice: waving your fame-dick around in public just makes you look like you're trying to compensate for something else, and doesn't impress anybody at all.

The correct response to the original accusation of anonymity would be to just say "google me" and leave it at that, if you felt a need for a response at all.

Groklaw shutting down in May

Posted Apr 12, 2011 4:05 UTC (Tue) by malor (guest, #2973) [Link]

Here's a hint: since you're complaining that the thread is about you, talking about yourself a little less would undoubtedly help.

And your attacks on PJ are disgusting; it doesn't matter in the least who she is. Not one iota. Deeds, not words, Florian, that's what's important. And she's had a profound and very positive impact on Linux directly, and Free Software more generally.

Even if she's actually a balding gay man in a rented bread truck outside Madison, WI, with absolutely terrible shoes, she still made a very real difference in the world. Any noise from you to the contrary is simply that, noise.

Those of us who measure by deeds see right through your ham-handed and transparent character assassination attempts.