On 2008/10/10, Jerome Gotangco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Dong Calmada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was also thinking that maybe a letter to the editor might be another >> way. It will address both the Inquirer editors and writers and the public. > > I'm not surprised at all with this. Inquirer.net has a track record of > publishing sensationalized IT reports, the last of which was the news > that the company I am with is investing P200M to a local startup. The > P200M is true for sure but its not just for a single entity.
If you reread the article, you'll note it commits a logical fallacy of some sort (I need to brush up on my college logic). http://services.inquirer.net/mobile/08/10/09/html_output/xmlhtml/20081009-165459-xml.html The article basically says: (1) Website Foo was compromised (hacked). (2) Server operating systems are easily compromised. (3) Linux is a server-based operating system. Conclusion? Nowhere in the article is it directly mentioned what server OS the MILF website is running on. I think the same thing happened with the Inquirer story about your company. The article made a great fallacious logical leap that wasn't justified by the available facts. I wouldn't be too hard on the reporter though. I once worked as a newspaper deskman, and I know that sometimes what the reporter submitted bears little resemblance to what eventually gets published. I suspect that that line about Linux was inserted by one of the desk(wo)men to make the article look "meatier" (magmukhang may sinasabi). _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
