On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Krishnakant Mane <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
That is the standard 'framing effect' and is usually traceable to 'higher ups' in the media industry. Normally *non conforming* journalists, especially in non s/w areas, will never be able to get a job in the first place. OSS has some big corporate backing and so more can be expected. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
