08.17.11
Techrights in the Mainstream
Summary: Recognition of the impact of this Web site
EARLIER this week I was retweeted by Wikileaks, last night the Wall Street Journal approached me for a comment having gathered information from Techrights (regarding a patent troll), and this morning we were cited by this investigative piece from Oxford University Press about the Gates Foundation, concluding that: “Perhaps the lack of criticism by public health professionals is due to conflict of interests arising from the ubiquitous and large amount of foundation funding for public health programs and researchers. Public health professionals and organizations may be fearful of loss of funding or denial of application for funds for criticizing the foundations. Because foundations are sometimes in partnership the reaction to such critical analysis could easily diffuse across foundations and put a critic at risk at multiple foundations. Some philanthrocapitalists are sensitive to criticism and find it incredulous that anyone would consider them anything other than heroes whose financial and technological innovations they believe represent the future. They isolate themselves and become more closely associated with the other wealthy around the world than they are to average members of society and to their own country, and seem to scorn the middle class.”
We are going to return to covering the Gates Foundation in months to come. Even When Microsoft is virtually gone, the sociopaths remain out there in the wild (see Elop for example). If we stop caring, they win. █
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Jose_X said,
August 18, 2011 at 2:22 am
techdirt has accumulated a lot of material on the Gates F. More people should be paying attention to the abuse and risks.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
August 18th, 2011 at 2:42 am
Techrights did too.
(TechDirt is a good site nonetheless)
Jose_X Reply:
August 18th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Sorry Roy. I completely meant techrights. .. and I’d guess techdirt doesn’t have a Gates section.
I still think “Boycottnovell” ..am not used to the new name.. I have also cut back on how frequently I read up on Linux/FOSS and usually save the reading for a marathon session.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
August 18th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Heh. That’s kind of you.