On Sunday 13 June 2010 06:36 PM, jtd wrote:
That will be true to a very limited extent. Newspapers are driven
solely by ad revenues. The IT industry ad spend is entirely driven by
closed software. Every ad that has a micro$oft logo is heavily
subsidised by M$. Consequently for every article which has a few pro
FOSS lines you will have nine with some antifoss innuendo. Infact
invariably every article with a positive foss statement will end with
a -ve spin. "Unbiased" reporting, it's called.
Very true JTD very true.
I have experienced this to a very great extent when I went ahead in the
media.
I always knew that they will for one thing never look at our ideology as
an ideology or revolution in the first place.
quotes like "although foss is becoming popular due to its high quality
and stability, they still lack support and organised development. it
will be a long time before foss is really into the industry " is a
common ending or conclusion to so called pro foss articles.
This is because free software developers are always dubbed as "
enthusiasts" and that sounds to most readers as "people with hobbies but
no professional approach".
Often we here from the media "well, your proposed alternatives have good
quality but M$ and the likes have professionalism. your software is
still not a competitor to proprietory softwares, let's give people the
*choice*" and from there the unbiased reporting as JTD stated starts
taking place.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
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