Egon, You forgot the URL!
In the Schockwellenreiter forum there is a particularly sophisticated spambot on the loose. Cute. At Der Schockwellenreiter you can find the original article.
Archive 18. June 2003
European Software Patents Move Closer
Idiotic. Dangerous. Ultimately economically damaging. What do these foolish politicians actually think? Who's going to get these patents? The small software houses? The freelance programmers? No. The big companies will have the advantage in the long run once again. Great - Microsoft, IBM and other patent hoarders can then use expensive patent lawsuits to squeeze small shops out of the market when they get in the way. And they can expand the madness they're already pulling off with software patents in the USA to the EU as well. And in the end, the customer will be the one footing the bill for this whole nonsense again.
At heise online news there's the original article.
Orrin Hatch: clueless and malevolent
Yes, great. An American senator wants to prevent internet users from using file sharing, if necessary by destroying their computers (presumably he means attacks via the internet on the operating system). Is it to be expected at some point that Americans will launch attacks on file sharing systems on the internet? Are there even more absurd ideas than those of this senator Hatch? Maybe he also wants to impose the death penalty for file sharing?
At algorhythm there's the original article.
SCO vs. IBM: Sun's McNealy Praises Solaris Advantages
Well, you can rely on the SUN chief making what would seem to be the stupidest possible attempt to position himself on a current topic and present himself as completely devoid of facts these days.
At heise online news you can find the original article.