by > Read how some Linux advocates are destroying the reputation of
> Linux and the Linux community. The original is at:
> http://www.veryComputer.com/
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> The Sound And The Fury
Lie. Damn lie. And the people at Byte should know better.Quote:> Never mind that your PC must be running MS-DOS before you
> can install Linux.
Then they whine because they are flamed for not researching
the subject they are trying to cover. Please...
"If you don't play ball with us, we'll send you the way of
the Amiga." Yeah, subtle threats always help to endear
me to a trade magazine. Other publications do a much better
job of covering the industry. That's why I read them instead.
(How's that for a "subtle" threat?)
As I see it, you reap what you sow. Byte and others of its
ilk have been carpet bombing the industry with Wintel hype,
vapor, and propaganda for a decade. Then they wonder why nobody
likes them anymore, or why people from the "alternative"
communities are so eager to toast them black when they
*up.
I say, stop whining, research your story the way you
should (instead of hunting around for press releases to
plagiarize), and _report the facts on what is out there_.
There, that's my little contribution to "The Sound And
The Fury" for the day...
Believe me, I understand that the Linux community needs
to present a professional face to the industry if we
wish to receive professional consideration. I cannot,
however, allow blatantly wrong statements such as the
above quoted to go by without notice. Linux has been
around long enough by now that people can hop on the
Web and confirm the facts about it. If they did, they
wouldn't publish such idiocy in their articles.
--
John Bell, CACI Inc. - Federal
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