Though you guys would be interested in reading the reply that I got from BBC. Oh i didn't know that it was an analytical article. Well atleast they were fast enough to select all and send a reply. Karthik
---------- Forwarded Message ----------- From: "NewsOnline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:31:33 -0000 Subject: RE: Factual Errors Dear Sir or Madam Thanks for your e-mail. I have noted the points you made - as well as the vigorous debate on Slashdot.org about this article. Well, Stephen Evan's weekly "stateside" column is not a news story, but an analytical look at major events and business trends in the United States. It is, of course, debatable whether MyDoom/Novarg/Shimgapi was written just to bring down the SCO website, or whether the installation of spamming tools on numerous computers was an additional - or even the main - motive. That was not the point of Stephen's article. In his piece he wanted to draw the attention of BBC News Online's audience - many of whom are unlikely to know the ins and outs of the Open Source debate - to the rapid spread of Linux as a commercial application, SCO's attempts to cash in on this fact, and the deep anger that SCO has caused within the Linux community through its legal actions. Stephen is not the first to draw the link between MyDoom and SCO's actions over Linux - plenty of others have done that before, including virus experts. Regards, Tim Weber Business Editor BBC News Interactive - www.bbc.co.uk/businessnews -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 February 2004 14:30 To: NewsOnline Errors Subject: Factual Errors -------------------------------------------------- From: Karthik Poobalasubramanian Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3457823.stm -------------------------------------------------- COMMENTS: Dear MachineReadThisBeforeYouDeleteIT, Wow! I did not know BBC was actually a tabloid. I am sure by now you would have got thousands of email complaining about this article. Speculation is one thing but conspiracy theory is another. remember "sexed up" issue? If you are going to write an article for a reputed news agency atleast get your story straight. Geez if this is what it takes to be a journalist then I am in the wrong field working my rear off when I could just sling mud on every thing at sight without lifting a finger to get the facts. "Two years ago, SCO claimed that it owned more than 800,000 lines of the system which had always been available for free and to anyone since its invention in 1991" Two years ago? Come on. You did not read any article on it right? Or does it seem like two years? "On top of that, SCO has sued IBM, accusing it of using SCO property because it too uses Linux" Oops! Wrong again. Please read their court documents you can see that SCO had said one thing through PR but had files case against something else. The whole thing is between SCOVsIBM. What....? you have changed the story. How nice. Looks like the emails have been getting to you. If you, when I say you I mean you as an agency, publish a story atleast have some spine to stand by your convictions. But then again you are not going to read it are you? Karthik -------------------------------------------------- BROWSER: Netscape VERSION: 5.0 (Windows; en-US) BROWSER CODE NAME: Mozilla IP ADDRESS: 68.18.115.140 BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Karthik Poobalasubramanian Web: http://www.poobal.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------
