Yes, the Russell Jones article was the most irresponsible bit of tripe that I've read in the past few years. I wonder who is lining his pockets to take this stance.
-=D On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 14:16, John Hebert wrote: > --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/20111 > > You may also be interested in the following rebuttal > of that article: > http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/20135 > > The author, Russell Jones, is the Executive Editor of > DevX.com. I am very surprised and disturbed that > someone at that level of a supposedly unbiased website > devoted to covering computer programming and > development technologies would be so obviously biased > against open source software. > > IMO, he is a Microsoft shill and is acting at > Microsoft's request, as Microsoft is the major > advertiser on DevX's site. This begs the question: > What is the taxonomy of various IT media > organizations? In other words, which IT magazines does > Microsoft own and have a major influence in > controlling published content? It is obvious that the > majority of free and open source advertising and > content is web based, I assume because of the low cost > and geek-oriented nature of it. > > So if you are not already aware of it, media can be > biased in the reporting. Try to always determine who > owns the media outlet to determine the bias. > > ===== > John Hebert > Official BRLUG Linux Curmudgeon > Open Source Ankle Biter
