Archive 26. May 2003

A land without consequences

The Americans may possibly have plans in their desk drawers to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp with its own death row and execution chamber. That is, to judge and execute the prisoners right there without ever bringing them onto American soil - and without any possibility of adequate defense or even minimal public transparency about the proceedings. Perverse.

I found the original article at Warblogs:CC.

LinuxTag warns SCO

Translation

Of course - SCO wants to present the evidence first in the US proceedings against IBM, but is already brazenly claiming beforehand that Linux violates their property rights and that Linux users could potentially be breaking the law. Ridiculous. Not just the accusation, but also the approach: since they only want to present evidence in court, they make unproven claims beforehand. As if that's no big deal, spreading a little FUD isn't harmful, right? I hope that the courts in Germany won't participate in this circus and demand clear evidence from SCO, or at least ban these silly accusations.

At heise online news there's the original article.

Billion-euro demand on the railway

Maybe Mehdorn will be removed now - after all, the whole thing happened under his leadership. That would certainly be a reason if 1.8 billion in losses are incurred, which apparently only result from incorrect billings to the federal government...

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Munich City Hall SPD Decides on Linux

Wow. I'm amazed. Signs of intelligence. And from Munich of all places. Where do you find such a thing!

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Steinbrück: Continuation of coalition open

Steinbrück lacks grounding. Without the Greens, he won't be able to hold the state and will lose it to the Union. And that would be extremely fatal - even if the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia is pretty much a mess and ossified, a Union government would cause even more damage. I don't understand why he wants to risk that just to show the small coalition partner who's boss. Especially since the Greens in North Rhine-Westphalia are really not particularly stressful for the SPD...

At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.