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Immune to Critics, Secret-Spilling Wikileaks Plans to Save Journalism ... and
the World
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| When online troublemaker Julian Assange co-founded Wikileaks, the net's
| premiere document-leaking site last year, some were skeptical that the
| service would produce anything of interest.
|
| Now, after 18 months of publishing government, industry and military secrets
| that have sparked international scandals, led to takedown threats and briefly
| gotten the site banned in the United States, Assange says Wikileaks is just
| getting started changing the world.
|
| [...]
|
| In February, the site published the Pentagon's 2005 rules of engagement for
| troops in Iraq, revealing that troops were authorized to pursue former
| officials in Saddam Hussein's government, as well as terrorists, into
| neighboring Iran and Syria. The document was classified "secret", meaning
| that in the eyes of the military, its release could be expected to
| cause "serious damage" to U.S. national security.
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http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2008/07/wikileaks
SCO postpones SCO Forum because of new investor
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| In a letter sent to its UNIX partner firms, the SCO Group has announced that
| its in-house conference, the SCO TEC Forum, has been postponed from August to
| October 2008. The reason for the postponement is that a new investor has
| offered to help the company out in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/110399/from/rss09
Perhaps -- just perhaps -- yet another friend of Gates has decided to invest in
a dying anti-Linux company.
Related:
Talking Linux IP with Bill Gates
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| Niall:
|
| OK. Two questions.
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| 1. Was Microsoft ever directly involved with the SCO Group
| in their lawsuit against IBM, either through BayStar Capital or others?
| 2. Why is Microsoft recently choosing to go after supposed
| patent violations with various operating system companies?
|
| Bill:
|
| I don't know BayStar.
|
| Niall:
|
| It's an investment company. One of their executives testified
| Microsoft invested $50 million to offset SCO's costs in the lawsuit.
|
| Bill:
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| When?
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http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/12/microsoft-linux-patents.html
The Goldfarb Declaration - Updated: MS Statement
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| According to the Declaration, Richard Emerson was not the only
| Microsoft employee Goldfarb was dealing with in connection with the
| BayStar investment in SCO. He mentions by name two others, from two
| other departments.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061009152706664
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