Seeing through the sockpuppet

vasa1 · Apr 16, 2012

Google-backed research fights review spam

Here's wishing them every success in curbing this menace.

elapsed · Apr 17, 2012

vasa1 said:

Google-backed research fights review spam

Here's wishing them every success in curbing this menace.
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Best part is how Google were just recently caught doing just that.

Daveski17 · Apr 17, 2012

elapsed said:

Best part is how Google were just recently caught doing just that.
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LOL! Yeah, there are plenty of sock-puppets on the Net, including the Big G. It's one of the genuine concerns I have about WOT & Site Advisor.

vasa1 · Apr 27, 2012

Redmond man unmasked: UK.gov open standards stalled

The government has had to delay closure of talks on open standards in public sector IT following what it called a "conflict of interest" involving a Microsoft consultant.
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According to the Cabinet Office, Hopkirk hadn't declared he was advising Microsoft on the Open Standards consultation.
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I wonder why people don't declare upfront what they stand for?

guest · Apr 27, 2012

Because it may not be necessarily relevant.

Hopkirk, who represents the National Computing Center on Microsoft's Interoperability Executive Customer Council, had told the Cabinet Office upon its discovery of his work for Microsoft that he had: "[n]ot been paid to specifically write their response to the Open Standards consultation but [that he] is engaged to help them tease out the issues".
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Microsoft has lobbied the government hard on the issue of open standards. Its representatives have argued for a definition where technologies should be include that specify the release of IP in products on a Fair and Non Discriminatory Basis (FRAND) instead of RAND – a model that's favored by open-sourcers.
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BTW, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_motive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Circumstantial

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