Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
13:10 - Masquerade
http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2007/09/19/software-linux-lawsuits-tech-oped-c
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Daniel Lyons of Forbes—better known these days as Fake Steve Jobs—has posted what he hopes is his final article on SCO and its ongoing lawsuits.
In the print edition of Forbes there's a great (albeit sometimes painful) tradition of doing "follow-through" articles where a reporter either takes a victory lap for making a good call or falls on his sword for making a bad one. Online publications don't typically ask for follow-throughs. But I need to write one.
For four years, I've been covering a lawsuit for Forbes.com, and my early predictions on this case have turned out to be so profoundly wrong that I am writing this mea culpa. What can I say? I grew up Roman Catholic. The habit stays with you.
I suggested to Chris (who sent me this) that he should have written it as Fake Darl McBride. Chris said, "Remember, you hire Darl as a CEO to go into litigation... do you REALLY want to impersonate and ridicule someone like that?"
Good point...
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