Daily Archives:July 24th, 2003

Standing up for sanity

[Original Link]

An Open Source group in Australia has filed a complaint against SCO, complaining of “unsubstantiated claims and extortive legal threats for money”.

“They’re basically saying ‘you owe us money’. But if someone asks ‘why do I owe you money’, they reply, “we can’t tell you why, but you have to pay us anyway’,”

Humor, Humility, and Rhetorical Courage

[Original Link] I was in the States last week and turned on the TV in my hotel room to see Tony Blair addressing Congress. Now, I am no great fan of our Prime Minister, and particularly of his recent activities, but something in his speech made me proud to be British.
Michael Kinsey’s article in Slate gives me some insight into why that was.

© Copyright Quentin Stafford-Fraser