This afternoon, SDTimes published the first of three stories on Microsoft operating system Midori. Reporter David Worthington scored some internal Microsoft documents, which sent Microsoft's PR team into absolute panic.

Within the last 24 hours, several reporters received calls from Microsoft PR to see who knew what and to find out where the leak is. I didn't get a call, even though I know David. Maybe my Waggener Edstrom-compiled dossier is incomplete?

Information has been dribbling out about Midori for months. But SDTimes offers the most comprehensive information so far publicly released. It's cautiously presented, perhaps so David can protect his source(s) and write three parts (I joked over IM that he's a "click whore"; it's the way of Web journalism, I guess). There's great reporting here. David has done much more than use the cut-and-paste approach someone else might have taken.

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