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| Authored by: OpenSourceFTW on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 01:02 AM EDT |
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 01:18 AM EDT |
| Wow. It's been great. Thanks. Happy Happy Birthday!!! [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: ws on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 02:03 AM EDT |
It's been 20 years since I started using SCO Unix on i386 Machines, and a little
less that that using Linux. I still vividly telling the SCO sales rep to
shape-up or be overtaken by linux.
I remember the outrage when the whole saga began, and it's been a great and
wonderful experience.
Thanks, PJ! For all the hard work. And for the rest of you that have made GL
what it is, we press on!
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| Authored by: tce on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 02:26 AM EDT |
Happy Glorious wonderful birthday to Groklaw, the team!
Happy directly making a difference day!
Happy Free-Open-anywork examples for everyone day!
Happy Looking forward day!
Happy Life to you, day!
thank you
- tom
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 02:55 AM EDT |
Many thanks to PJ and the Groklaw team for an excellent website. It is always a
pleasure to read articles with a 'good sense of judgement' ;-)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 03:03 AM EDT |
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Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 03:07 AM EDT |
Congratulations to PJ and all the others that make this
place a fascinating read. I don't often post here and seem
to have lost my login these days, but I do appreciate those
that do make the effort.
You have helped to bring together two worlds that did not
understand each other, both with their own arcane methods
and procedures.
If we understand each other that bit better and work
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| Authored by: eamacnaghten on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 04:04 AM EDT |
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| Authored by: CraigV on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 04:14 AM EDT |
| Congratulations to PJ and Groklaw. PJ has said it all so well (as usual). [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Doghouse on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 04:59 AM EDT |
Happy Birthday to Groklaw. But more important - many, many congratulations,
PJ!
I came across Groklaw back in the early days of the SCO/IBM farago.
At the time I was a lowly code grunt in the depths of IBM, with an interest in
the case but no knowledge of anything that related to it. Groklaw filled that
void in the best possible way - with dispassion, intelligence, skill and
knowledge. I was hugely impressed by the quality and deep integrity of values of
the community under your guidance, and I've been here ever since. If there's
ever been anything like it elsewhere, I've never found it. I retired a couple of
years ago, but it's a personal testament to Groklaw that its RSS feed is still
on my Firefox bar, and that I check it multiple times a day. It's one of only
four, two of the other three being BBC news feeds; clearly I find Groklaw
that worthy of following.
Congratulations again. Well done - and
here's to many more! [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 05:09 AM EDT |
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| Authored by: Superbowl H5N1 on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 05:46 AM EDT |
Congratulations on a successful ten years! Looking back, a lot of progress has
been made and you have been instrumental in bringing it about. Looking forward
to what the coming years will bring.
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Here's where you can get the computer RMS uses:
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| Authored by: MadTom1999 on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 06:15 AM EDT |
Thunderous congratulations on 10 years of probably being the most effective web
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 07:05 AM EDT |
On behalf of all the "Anons" - Happy Birthday, PJ, Mark, everyone who
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| Authored by: JamesK on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 07:50 AM EDT |
Way to go PJ!
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The following program contains immature subject matter.
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| Authored by: cricketjeff on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 09:33 AM EDT |
A Happy Birthday greeting for PJ
A lady who has found a lot to say
And said it in a way that all of us
Are glad has caused some SCOful folk much fuss
A Happy Birthday greeting for PJ
She's gone about our business in a way
That helps us see through all the cant and spin
And proved the bad guys do not always win
A Happy Birthday greeting for PJ
We're glad you started Groklaw and will stay
To help us understand the fog of law
So we do not succumb to shock and awe
A Happy Birthday greeting for PJ
We'll celebrate this special day in May
Then knuckle down to start the next ten years
With you around to help fend off our fears!!!
With many many thanks for one of the true jewels of the Internet!
Jeff
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| Authored by: RPN on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 09:38 AM EDT |
Happy Birthday!
I've been here a very long time and rarely miss dropping by every day. You've
created a great community here PJ and that is greatly appreciated as are the
wider membership who bring so much as well in their different skills and
viewpoints respectfully given.
Richard.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 10:21 AM EDT |
W00t, Happy Birthday, Dancing Rodents, and a big Thank You to PJ et al!
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| Authored by: halfhuman on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 10:44 AM EDT |
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| Authored by: Inevitable on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 11:14 AM EDT |
Happy Birthday, Groklaw.
The world is better because of the freedoms you protect. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: red floyd on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 12:44 PM EDT |
Hooray!!!!!
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I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *CITIZEN* of the United
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| Authored by: digger53 on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 01:40 PM EDT |
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| Authored by: rcsteiner on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 01:59 PM EDT |
Groklaw has been one of the most interesting and informative web sites I've had
the privilege of visiting. I wasn't here at the very beginning, so it's nine
years and change for me, but I think this web site has touched a lot of people
and changed a lot of viewpoints.
I don't think the internet would be the same if this web site hadn't happened
along. Thank you, PJ, for making the world a better place through your writing
and analysis.
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| Authored by: hardmath on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 02:04 PM EDT |
Good things, and more to come. Thanks, PJ and Mark, and many
others who contributed. You make me feel saner than I
probably should.
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Rosser's trick: "For every proof of me, there is a shorter proof of my
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| Authored by: betajet on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 02:11 PM EDT |
Amazing job, PJ et al! Groklaw is a uniquely valuable resource. Thank you for
all your efforts towards making software development safer in the USA and world.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 03:21 PM EDT |
PJ asked:
Somebody needs to explain to the judges what
software is and what it is not. I see from the dissents in CLS Bank that some
judges are a teensy bit confused, so someone should lend them a hand.
If not
us, who?
Answer:
"On the fields of
Trenzalore, at the fall of the Eleventh,
when no living creature can speak
falsely or fail to answer, a question will be asked.
A question that must never
be answered: Doctor Who ?"
In all seriousness though thank
you PJ et al for all the hard work.
I've left a lot of forums all of them
plagued with spam posts but you somehow managed to keep GL clean and pleasant,
worth every visit.
Thank you for the freedom, for the permission to post as
"Anonymous", I appreciate that a lot.
Great job! Happy Birthday
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| Authored by: The_Pirate on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 03:34 PM EDT |
Happy Birthday Groklaw, PJ and everybody!
Had anybody told me a decade ago that i would spend time daily for 10 years on a
legal blog, eagerly awaiting every new posting, i guess i would have been
sitting on his head and screaming for help and an ambulance to the mental
hospital...
PJ and everyone else: thanks for opening the door to the legal world for me, and
for shining some light over the dust, the piles of documents etc. and show that
at least some of it makes sense.
My only complaint: i am extremely sorry that i have not been able to contibute
more. My deepest apologies.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 03:41 PM EDT |
Really, congratulations Pamela and all the staff!
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| Authored by: IMANAL_TOO on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 03:43 PM EDT |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROKLAW!
and also thanks to Google and all the other search tools which makes it
possible.
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| Authored by: cjk fossman on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 04:07 PM EDT |
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| Authored by: Oliver on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 04:59 PM EDT |
Happy Birthday indeed.
I've lurked for years, and eventually created an account so I
could add meagre contributions and you all knew who to hold to
account. It has all been good and I've learnt loads, so thank
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 05:34 PM EDT |
Happy Birthday PJ. Thanks for allowing so many of us to
contribute anonymously over the years. There have been many
times in my past, as I'm sure there have been in others'
pasts, where I wished to contribute but could not have my name
seen, especially when my thoughts might be in conflict with
those of my employer(s). You've shown us a great deal of
respect, and I have tried to deserve that.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 05:41 PM EDT |
| Been following from the start. Thank you for all the work. It's been worth it. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 07:19 PM EDT |
Congrats !!!
May I say Your Honour as per honoris causa ?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Bas Burger on Friday, May 17 2013 @ 04:05 AM EDT |
Happy birthday...
Last decade went by in fast pace.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 17 2013 @ 07:23 AM EDT |
Years ago in Europe we were nearly going under through the
onslaught of dictators and their collaborators. Only through
the persistence of a few good people we evaded falling into
the abyss.
I cannot help but see what PJ and all of the good people is
doing here as a similar feat - only in modern times. Large
enterprises and their collaborators are constantly attacking
basic freedom rights. Not for power pr. se., but worse: out
of pure greed.
If it wasn't for PJ and all your folks the world would be a
much worse place.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 17 2013 @ 09:08 AM EDT |
Before I was introduced to FreeBSD (my first experience with open source) I had
no concept of copyright law, trademark law or patent law. Because I had no
concept of them, I had no moral compass in regards to them either.
I simply believed that people shouldn't have to sell their souls in order to
obtain the tools necessary to be productive in life (or even to be entertained).
The whole concept of a community of people, coming together to provide for
themselves those tools and then give those tools away for free totally blew my
mind.
When the SCOs extortion racket began to publicly threaten the existance of
Linux, I found Groklaw to be an invaluable resource. It is because of websites
like this, that I have learned to understand these laws (to the extent I have
learned them anyway). It is through Groklaw that I have learned to appreciate
these laws for what they are intended to do, and even learned how these laws can
be (and are) abused for the purpose of extortion and anti-competitive behavior.
Most importantly though, it is though this website that I have learned to
appreciate open source, not just for the free software (as in gift), but for the
freedom that open source software brings it it's users. It is because of that
understanding that I contribute more now to open source projects than I have
EVER spent on proprietary software.
Thank you, PJ and all, for keeping this light lit (even for the slower people
like me). I think, quite literally, that Groklaw has become a proverbial city
on a hill that cannot be hidden.
Happy 10th Birthday! I look forward to many, many more! :))
'Light a candle in the darkness. Someone somewhere finds a door.' -Shadowfax,
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| Authored by: vb on Friday, May 17 2013 @ 02:24 PM EDT |
I started reading Groklaw in May 2003, when I started a new job. I've since
changed jobs a few times, but I'm still reading Groklaw.
I've learned a lot about technology and civil law.
Thanks for the education. It has not been wasted.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 18 2013 @ 04:29 AM EDT |
| 10 years? What? Where'd they go?
A whole decade. PJ, you have not done well,
you have done FANTASTICALLY
well!
I started reading Groklaw shortly
after you first started. It was with a mixture
of horror, hilarity,
incredulity, and surprise I read about the claims,
allegations, antics,
sophistry, smears and what I thought was the sheer
mendacity of SCO. It made
compulsive reading. It was better than any soap
opera!
And it has
obviously had some rewards. Look at how much you learned
about blogging!
Thank you P.J. Groklaw is still a favourite stop on the Information
Super
Highway, and will remain so for quite a while yet. Wishing you more
power
for your keyboard...
I remain yours sincerely,
Anon Y.
Mous
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| Authored by: sciamiko on Monday, May 20 2013 @ 05:22 AM EDT |
[My apologies for the delayed reaction, but I've been off-grid for a week's
walking.]
I always come back here - it is an oasis of sanity and still the blog that sets
the standard all the others ought to aspire to.
Thanks you for all your hard work, PJ and contributors, in keeping it that way.
s.
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