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I enjoy reading both the incredibly biased but still informative Groklaw and then the incredibly biased in the opposite direction (and paid by MS/Oracle) Floria
by Steko 15y ago
I enjoy reading both the incredibly biased but still informative Groklaw and then the incredibly biased in the opposite direction (and paid by MS/Oracle) Florian Mueller. Looking past the thinly veiled cheerleading isn't that hard once you realize where they're coming from and both seem fairly thorough.
But what would be really awesome is if there was somewhere I could go for legal tech blogging that isn't always good or bad news for open source.
Nilay Patel and Matt Macari at the Verge do a good job but coverage isn't as regular as what you'll get by checking Groklaw daily and it gets lost in the Verge-o-polis.
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoI've always found the Nilay Patel legal coverage, despite his qualifications, to be overwhelmingly tainted by whatever the Apple fanbase would currently like to be legally true. Like Florian I think he has a direct monetary incentive for taking a certain view and presenting it as objective.
- mdaniel 15y agoI mean this honestly: what makes you think Groklaw is biased? That deosn't match my [uninformed] mental model of their site.
- Steko 15y agoI don't think PJ ever hid the fact that she was advocating in a certain direction, quoth wiki: "Groklaw publishes articles (both news and opinion) from a self-described pro-FOSS, anti-FUD perspective" The comments are similarly policed to comply with this. This certainly isn't a secret, as Florian Mueller's deals with MS and Oracle were, and I don't think I'm making a wild accusation here. Back in the day a 100% anti-SCO line worked great because SCO was a fraud. But the current issues are murkier and the one sidedness of the site now sticks out like the news channel at your grandparents house.