What I am wondering is why Jed Boal did not first look at KSL for some information? They have a three-time published author in the Linux field on staff. I could have provided him with all the background he needed to give a fairly comprehensive explanation. Plus, KSL uses Linux for nearly all their web stuff. I'll have to go have a chat with him today. KJ
-- /-----------------------------\__/--------------------------------\ | Kerry J. Cox, Ph.D. __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | KSL System Administrator | | p: 801.575.7771 | | http://www.ksl.com/ |__| f: 801.575.5745 | \-----------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 08:13, District Webmaster wrote: > In all fairness to the reporter, they don't have a particularly > easy job. I'm reminded of a cartoon that had a group of reporters > lined up to throw at a dart board. Above the board was the title > "Today I am an expert in . . ." and then the board was divided > into a bunch of different topics (medicine, politics, technology, > business, religion, history, etc.). > > I used to work in journalism, and I can tell you that example is > not far from the truth. You don't know from day to day what your > assignment will be, but you're expected to report expertly on > whatever assignment your given. > > And it must fit the space allotted. > > And you're on deadline. > > And you must explain it to an audience that is even less expert > than you. > > And it must be interesting (gotta sell that advertising space!). > > In my experience, most reporters at least try to be accurate. > Considering the reporter was obviously not well-acquainted > with the OSS world, I felt he at least tried to explain it fairly. > > If nothing else, it gets the issue out there in the general > pantheon of current events for a lot of non-technical people, > and I'm betting that can be a good thing for OSS. > > Dave > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
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