On May 20, 2005, at 3:24 PM, matusiak wrote:
Uhh... can anyone sum up (preferably in 20 words or less) exactly
what the fuss is all about? Did someone call linux "bad"??
I only get 20 words? uh. okay....
Maureen O'Gara's wrote an article disclosing someone's personal
information. SYS-CON
bypassed editors, publishing anyway. Readers got upset, complained.
Editors resigned.
Because O'Gara writes about (among other things) technology, it's no
surprise that
the person attacked was a technology person. And thus no surprise it
was a person
from the Linux community. And thus no surprise that some in the Linux
community
were among those who got upset. There are people on all sides who
think the
actions were appropriate, and those who think they weren't.
This exact sort of thing (writer produces inappropriate product, owner
has it
published for personal reasons, people recognize it as biased, complain.
editors get upset over being cut out-of the loop and resign) happens
all the
time; it's not always about Linux, or even about technology.
It's not about someone calling linux bad or anything. Perhaps you need
to
get out more often? ;-)
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