Given that the Register was going to break the story, would it not have been appropriate to have broken it ourselves first--or given also an interview to some other publication? Or at least be prepared to do so simultaneously, by at least posting on slashdot. This was not a good way to handle negative information As well as making sure we are legal, we should have perhaps consulted someone who knows PR. ****** I wholeheartedly agree. With respect for the time pressures that undoubtedly applied in this case, a Register exclusive is not a good thing--particularly if the story turns out to be legitimate. Perception matters and that would lend credibility to notion that other recent things they've run are substantive. I write these words in the good faith hope that this publication is so seriously mistaken that no other press will pick up the story.
-Durova