On Sunday 13 June 2010 23:02:47 A. Mani wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Krishnakant Mane <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. But their adspend for FOSS is close to zero. Even when hardware is bundled with linux, it is an apologetic one liner at the bottom of the ad. Whereas the hardware bundled with your favourite trash will be highlighted in the ad. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
