Boycott Novell: Champion of freedom or den of paranoia?
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 98.229.128.124]
on October 24, 2008 11:12 PM
How about all blogs put a big "This is not journalism, it is not fact and it may or may not have any basis in reality. It is just my opinion." in giant text at the top and bottom of every screen?
In my OPINION, the reason the overreactions and attacks occur so often are that opinion is presented as fact and the other party feels the need to defend. The standards of traditional journalism are nowhere to be found in the blogosphere. Not that traditional journalism is always unbiased either but with editors and citing of sources and the risk of suit for libel or slander, it is held to a different standard.
To that end, if anyone thinks Novell intolerant in all this, ponder that they've not sought to have BoycottNovell shutdown through legal means by now. Of course that would require that actual damage to Novell had occurred and BoycottNovell, again in my OPINION, has really had no commercial impact on Novell. Rather, it seems to have become an amusement at this point for being so obviously inaccurate, vengeful, baiting or speculative so often that no one making business decisions can take it seriously.
If there is one element of this story that I take serious issue with, it is the remotest of comparison between BoycottNovell and Groklaw. They are so far apart in terms of standards, research, disclosing opinion as opinion and disclaiming educated analysis as legal fact that they cannot be considered in the same category. The result, intended or not, is that Groklaw appears fundamentally aimed at educating, informing and enlightening others in support of a cause PJ has chosen to champion and BoycottNovell seems a personal sounding board for a vendetta that a few people of doubtable credibility use as an outlet. If there was such a thing as illegal discrimination or a hate crime law that applied to attacks on corporations, I would think that BoycottNovell's operators would need to worry.
This is all my OPINION and I do not claim it to be fact nor is it supported by anything other than my observations after reading this story, many of the comments on this story and the occaisional story and accompanying comments on BoycottNovell.
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Boycott Novell: Champion of freedom or den of paranoia?
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 98.229.128.124] on October 24, 2008 11:12 PMIn my OPINION, the reason the overreactions and attacks occur so often are that opinion is presented as fact and the other party feels the need to defend. The standards of traditional journalism are nowhere to be found in the blogosphere. Not that traditional journalism is always unbiased either but with editors and citing of sources and the risk of suit for libel or slander, it is held to a different standard.
To that end, if anyone thinks Novell intolerant in all this, ponder that they've not sought to have BoycottNovell shutdown through legal means by now. Of course that would require that actual damage to Novell had occurred and BoycottNovell, again in my OPINION, has really had no commercial impact on Novell. Rather, it seems to have become an amusement at this point for being so obviously inaccurate, vengeful, baiting or speculative so often that no one making business decisions can take it seriously.
If there is one element of this story that I take serious issue with, it is the remotest of comparison between BoycottNovell and Groklaw. They are so far apart in terms of standards, research, disclosing opinion as opinion and disclaiming educated analysis as legal fact that they cannot be considered in the same category. The result, intended or not, is that Groklaw appears fundamentally aimed at educating, informing and enlightening others in support of a cause PJ has chosen to champion and BoycottNovell seems a personal sounding board for a vendetta that a few people of doubtable credibility use as an outlet. If there was such a thing as illegal discrimination or a hate crime law that applied to attacks on corporations, I would think that BoycottNovell's operators would need to worry.
This is all my OPINION and I do not claim it to be fact nor is it supported by anything other than my observations after reading this story, many of the comments on this story and the occaisional story and accompanying comments on BoycottNovell.
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