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by gillianseed 5168 days ago
Well you get the same 'slanted' coverage from Florian Muller, except he is directly paid by Oracle and Microsoft. I don't know if Groklaw has ever recieved any money but I doubt it.

Like someone else mentioned, Groklaw has had strong track record when it comes to predicting the outcome of these types of lawsuits.
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icarus_drowning 5168 days ago
Isn't Grocklaw's track record on this case already strong as well? I can't say that I've paid a great deal of attention to it, but as a casual observer, it seems to me that Grocklaw has all along predicted that most of Oracle's arguments aren't very strong, and as they seem to be dwindling, that strikes me as an even stronger argument in their favor.

After all, if they have not only a generally strong track record in predicting these kinds of cases but also a very good record related to this particular case, I'm inclined to put a lot of stock in what they have to say.

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cooldeal 5168 days ago
>I don't know if Groklaw has ever recieved any money but I doubt it.

Do you know how PJ makes money or how Groklaw gets funding to run? If questioning FM's money sources is fair game, why not do the same for PJ? Just because "she"'s batting for your team?

If Florian did the same thing as PJ and hid behind an anonymous blog, we wouldn't even know any sources of his funding.

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gillianseed 5168 days ago
Eeh? PJ is Pamela Jones, she hasn't been 'anonymous' since the Maureen O'Gara attempted character assassination of her back in the SCO days. She is an open source advocate who has worked as a paralegal.

I'm sure her personal finances have been put under heavy scrutiny (SCO certainly did), feel free to do so yourself.

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