"Show Us the Code" Breaks Its Silence 180
DigDuality writes with an explanation of the silence of the Show Us the Code initiative. The push he began — to gather influential sponsors demanding that Steve Ballmer reveal what Linux code he believed to be infringing Microsoft patents — was discussed here last February. "Show Us the Code has been silent since March 23. May came and went — the deadline allotted for calling Ballmer's bluff — but the site gave no update. I now explain the silence. After a scheduled interview with Forbes columnist Dan Lyons didn't happen, and my place of employment falsely accused me of representing that they endorsed my own political goals, I decided it was best to shut my mouth so I would be able to keep paying my bills. I'm glad to see Linus now publicly echoing the sentiments that this site espoused. Maybe someone already accustomed to the limelight will have better luck in challenging Microsoft's FUD machine."
Re:Failure Point (Score:2, Funny)
Face it, you open sores people are screwed. (Score:0, Funny)
P.S. Developers, developers, developers!
The captcha is "bearer."
Re:Keep paying bills (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe not the code but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Face it, you open sores people are screwed. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Quite typical (Score:3, Funny)
This guy seems to have been crushed under the weight of being a marginal Linux celebrity. It gives you some sympathy for Paris Hilton the way he's flipping out after 248 Slashdot comments and a Forbes reporter not following through with an interview.
Re:Open Source Has Jumped The Shark (Score:3, Funny)
Compose a paragraph, consisting of two or more sentences which does not contain an obscure (or any) television reference, or a "catch phrase" of any sort.
"Show Us Your Code!!" (Score:5, Funny)
Should have known about Dan Lyons. (Score:3, Funny)