____/ BearItAll on Thursday 25 October 2007 15:30 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Alex on Thursday 25 October 2007 14:39 : \____
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Just curious, why does Linux.com have Microsoft ads which attack
>>> Linux? I'm reading the article "Ubuntu 7.10 is outstanding" -
>>> http://www.linux.com/feature/120112 - and on the right side is a
>>> Microsoft ad which ends in "State Government Says Linux Is Too Big A
>>> Risk". I know ads pay for the site, and turning away any advertiser
>>> is a loss of money. However, why do they allow ads attacking their
>>> fundamental cause? MS can have tasteful ads on the site to advertise
>>> their products.
>>>
>>> I remember many years back when Linux Journal started having Microsoft
>>> ads, there was a huge backlash from readers where many dropped their
>>> subscriptions (or said they were in the letters to editor). Just
>>> curious if anyone knows if Linux.com has had a similar reaction. It
>>> sure caught me off guard...
>>>
>>> Alex
>>
>> Yes, it one among many Linux sites that sell out and drop it after some
>> backlash from the reader. like Novell /et al/, they take some money to
>> spit in the well. Or sell their mom's blood, because it's profitable.
>> Those that advertise / against/ Linux in their Linux sites have funny
>> methods of trying to defend their greed.
>>
>
>
> Don't these sites simply sell space to an advertising company and it is them
^^^^^^
No, they can exclude. This prevent your rival's ads, for example, from
appearing in your own pages.
> who fill in the blanks, picking up the advert from off site or a local
> location where the advertising company drops them off ?
>
> I thought that was the way much of this worked, mainly because on a site I
> did that was one of the tools available, just a plug in module that
> advertisers could buy space on.
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