Re: BBC "evil malice Linux zealot" article

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 11:45:31 +0000
"Andrew A. Adams " <[email protected]> wrote:

> It took a Public Enquiry and a critical report from a senior judge before
> the BBC would apologise over Andrew Gilligan's "sexing up" (of a pretty
> sexy story in the first place, the fool). Why would you expect them to
> apologise because a bunch of geeks get their knickers in a twist over poor
> science and technology reporting. 

<joke>Because if we are evil enough to write a virus to take out SCO,
then the BBC should think twice before incuring the wrath of the Vast Order
of Really Powerful Angry Linux Supporters</joke> 

I don't actually know if it would have been quite an issue if it wasn't for
the fact that it wasn't just bad reporting, it was bad and libellous
reporting in the BBC *business* section.

Chris
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