Re: [users] Re: [Spam] Re: [users] Microsoft to pay blogger for Wikipedia 'corrections'?- SOA/Web Services - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com

2007-01-28 Thread M Henri Day
A bit of a misunderstanding here : SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is a technique developed and used by large corporations to inhibit public criticism by making free speech so dear that no one else can afford to exercise it. Anti-SLAPP legislation attempts to curb this

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2007-01-28 Thread John Meyer
M Henri Day wrote: A bit of a misunderstanding here : SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is a technique developed and used by large corporations to inhibit public criticism by making free speech so dear that no one else can afford to exercise it. Anti-SLAPP legislation

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2007-01-28 Thread Jonathon
Thomas W. Cranston wrote: I doubt that there are any significant errors on the subject in Wikipedia, or Microsoft would already be serving them with a lawsuit. Washington state, which is where Microsoft is headquartered has some pretty good anti-SLAPP laws. IOW, if Microsoft were to file

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2007-01-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
Off topic but of interest, I think. http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39165435,00.htm Harold Fuchs London, England

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2007-01-27 Thread M Henri Day
2007/1/27, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Off topic but of interest, I think. http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39165435,00.htm Harold Fuchs London, England After the professional interventions that have come to the surface in political matters on Wikipedia - cf the

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2007-01-27 Thread Jonathon
M Henri Day wrote: Is this the end of the promising experiment that was and is Wikipedia ?... The early promise of Wikipedia was destroyed when the first vote for delete an article on the grounds of not notable was yes, and the article deleted. xan jonathon signature.asc Description:

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2007-01-27 Thread John Meyer
M Henri Day wrote: Is this the end of the promising experiment that was and is Wikipedia ?... Maybe wikipedia, but it doesn't necessarily mean the end of wikis. I guess it ends up being questions of who is authoritative and who do you trust.

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2007-01-27 Thread Thomas W. Cranston
Harold Fuchs wrote: Off topic but of interest, I think. http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39165435,00.htm Harold Fuchs London, England I doubt that there are any significant errors on the subject in Wikipedia, or Microsoft would already be serving them with a lawsuit.

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2007-01-27 Thread John Meyer
Thomas W. Cranston wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Off topic but of interest, I think. http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39165435,00.htm Harold Fuchs London, England I doubt that there are any significant errors on the subject in Wikipedia, or Microsoft would already be

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2007-01-27 Thread Thomas W. Cranston
John Meyer wrote: Thomas W. Cranston wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Off topic but of interest, I think. http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39165435,00.htm Harold Fuchs London, England I doubt that there are any significant errors on the subject in Wikipedia, or

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2007-01-27 Thread John Meyer
Thomas W. Cranston wrote: Actually, I think that Microsoft would sue, whether or not they had a good case. In American law the guy that has the biggest war chest can intimidate the guy that is short on funds. If you or I advanced a frivolous law suit, we or our lawyer would be in trouble, but