__/ [ Scott W ] on Wednesday 26 July 2006 09:23 \__
> John Bailo said:
>>
>> Reading all these Schestowitz articles, I keep getting entranced by
>> titles like "Open Source Gains New Ground", but then inevitably, it's
>> published by something like "Go Linux Monthly".
>>
>> I have to say, I'm a cynic, so I discredit these articles, true or no,
>> in the same way that a PC Week -- funded by 4-color inside back color
>> spreads from Redmond -- will be ignore if it shouts "Windows 2003 server
>> Excels in Speed Test".
>>
>> What I really enjoy reading are articles from the mainstream business
>> press about Linux in BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune or in Bloomberg,
>> CNN.com or Yahoo. Even still, I find that some of the more "user
>> driven" sites such as "Motley Fool" can have a decidely pro- or con-
>> slant (when I wrote the editors of MF they sent me a defensive e-mail;
>> however, I think I can make a case for consistent bias).
>>
>> The other criticism I have about the Linux press is that it sometimes
>> mistakes reporting events for "what ifs". So you will read articles
>> about "how businesses could benefit from Redhat" -- yes, if only they
>> were buying the product, they *could* benefit from them.
>>
>> We need:
>>
>> More success stories
>> More reports from real businesses
>> More live user experience
>>
>>
>> in the Linux press.
>
> unfortunately the mainstream press have a problem with posting real news
> stories. C|Net et al will probably never bother to post pro-linux stories.
When they /do/ get published (a rarity), you can bet your
ass that on the right hand side of the story (about 33% of
Web browser width) there will be /several/ Get the Facts
teasers. I last saw one yesterday, but I can't recall the
context.
As for the C|Net feed, it repeatedly comes up with the same
'stories' that praise Windows Vista. One of them is titled
"Piecing together Vista" and it has been reappearing as new
for several months. It's promotional without a shadow of a
doubt. LinuxToday, on the contrary, have recently
'cleasnsed' themselves.
Linux adoption rates will be slowed down as long as
Microsoft uses money to subvert the media and deliver
disinformation to typical readers. Some of these 'articles'
that you see (not only adverts) directly ridicule the
compeitition (rather than highlight the merit of Windows).
Best wishes,
Roy
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