Then they are not only biased but also falsely advertising. It should be "News for open source nerds and stuff that matters only to a biased segment of the computer world"
> .. slashdot, biased? > > Uhhh... no offense Michael, but duh! > > The denizens of slashdot could care less about cold fusion -- and if they > think about it at all, it's probably with disdain. The majority of them are > either linux sysadmins and/or programmers of free & open source software. > That's their Thing. > > Cold Fusion is neither free nor open source... and while the community has > made some big strides towards creating open source libraries for programmers > with awesome sites like cflib.org, etc... it's still nothing compared to > what one finds in the world of, say, PHP or Perl. > > It's also worth remembering that the folks on Slashdot are pretty seriously > skewed towards the computer science end of the programming world. Those > folks, for better or not, are the uber geeks. Cold fusion, while there are > things I love about it, has a reputation as kind of a "toy" language for > graphic designers. (Now, we could get into a long debate as to whether that > reputation is deserved or not... but anyway...) > > The only time I can think of them covering Macromedia at all was when they > were sued and counter-sued by Adobe... and that was an intellectual property > thing. > > My point here (and there is one) is that you should give up courting > Slashdot and shouldn't be disappointed if they don't cover issues of > interest specifically to the CF community. It's just not on their radar. > They don't cover ASP, either, for what it's worth. > > -- jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 1:42 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: (OT) Slashdot bais > > > Slashdot.org is one of those sites that many of us go to in our daily review > of internet information. Their only problem is that they are quite > anti-ColdFusion. I've sent them numerous articles on language issues, > releases, you name it and not one has ever been posted. > > http://www.fusionauthority.com/Article.cfm?ArticleID=1605 > > They also never list ColdFusion as a language when doing any report or > survey > and their bias has become reflected in the views of their readers. > > A perfect example is this thread: > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/20/0124243 > > No where is ColdFusion mentioned even though there are many more CF sites > for > developers than there are for PHP (for example). What I'd like for you to do > is get on this thread and post to it. Complain, explain and do what you can > to > get the good name of CF out there. > > > > On the other hand, this site does list ColdFusion and I feel is an excelent > site for people who want to see a feature of some languages side by side. > > http://99-bottles-of-beer.ls-la.net/c.html#Cold-Fusion > > Just check out the asp example for a perfect reason as to why we use CF. :) > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
