From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:20:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:20:13 -0400 Received: from fluent1.pyramid.net ([206.100.220.212]:17960 "EHLO fluent1.pyramid.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:20:03 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010626071207.00b9ddb0@mail.fluent-access.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 07:19:02 -0700 To: Alessandro Suardi , Luigi Genoni From: Stephen Satchell Subject: Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff). Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3B3880FF.36885A81@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org At 02:33 PM 6/26/01 +0200, Alessandro Suardi wrote: >To top this off with complete crap, after mentioning Gracenote: > > "There may be a paradoxical situation: the [Microsoft] appeal judge > may restore the Microsoft monolith that judge Jackson wanted to > break in small pieces. And in the meantime who could end up under > accusation for excessive power and monopoly "temptation" would be > the arch-enemy Torvalds." > > >I have trouble in finding words to describe such blatant ignorance. The Internet Press Guild (http://www.netpress.org) is open to reporters and editors of any country, not just to US/Canada reporters. When you write a letter to the editor in response to articles such as the one you quote in La Repubblica, be sure to mention this fact. The Internet Press Guild was formed by Internet-savvy working reporters in response to the Time magazine CyberPorn article. (They were chased off the newsgroup alt.internet.media-coverage when the SNR dropped like a rock.) It's mission: to provide a place where working press can check stories they are about to run regarding the Internet to avoid egg-on-face syndrome. The IPG contains a few people close to Linux development, so while a story like this is a little beyond the original charter, a quick check would have avoided the gaff.