Schlesinger's reply was: "The author is in a different time zone and not at work yet so I can't tell you precisely, but I received the article on April 25, so the interview was conducted no later than that date. And yours?"

In response to the quotes from the article, he had this gem: "I don't see "published" in there anywhere. I, and I hope readers, might consider that it was the first interview held, or conducted, or given, depending on how you look at it."

What word would you employ to describe this kind of rubbish - ridiculous? ludicrous? plain silly? Can you imagine a newspaper editor claiming "we collected the facts about the police ripping off drivers first, so even though the other paper published it on April 4 and we did so on April 5, it's our exclusive, not theirs" and not being ridiculed out of sight? And this man is executive editor of linux.com, itmanagersjournal.com and newsforge.com.

The inability to admit an error is part of the OSTG's psyche it would appear. Some time back, I pointed out to them that their site Slashdot should start using the slashdot.com domain as its primary URL as it is now a commercial site.

Sites with the .org suffix are, as the Public Interest Registry, which manages the .org top-level domain name and maintains the database of all .org internet addresses, says "...the Internet home of noncommercial organizations, including nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, philanthropies, charities, religious organizations, educational and cultural institutions, arts organizations, sports clubs, and others, who create .ORG Web sites and e-mail addresses."

Slashdot doesn't fit any of those categories - so why does it pose as a .org? As I expected, my query to Jeff "Hemos" Bates, one of the top honchos at Slashdot, went unanswered.

After three rounds of emails about l'affaire Hocevar I thought I would follow the logic of Senor Schlesinger as well - I'd like readers to decide. That's why I thought all the facts should be out there in the open. And that's how this piece came to be

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