Dwight Silverman, who writes about "high technology for the
Houston Chronicle," (Denver Rocky Mountain News, 12-13-99) called
Linux the "geek fad du jour." He said quite a few negative and
inaccurate things about Linux...seems to be on a crusade to increase
MS profits at the expense of the reputation of Linux.
Silverman said that he writes "about mainstream computing, of
which Linux is not a part." and went on with a few inaccuracies about
the OS, including describing it as only being an inadequate workstation
(nothing about its capabilities as a server).
Well, there's the "high tech" news from the Denver Rocky Mountain
News (and possibly the Houston Chronicle, since Silverman writes for it,
too). ...makes me want to write about idiots who slam Linux in ignorance.
I think I will. ...sorry I could not find the nasty column mentioned
above on the Net. The about.com hits get in the way these days (on the
Metacrawler), and the Rocky Mountains News archives are a pay-per-use
service. It was in yesterday's (12-13-99) "Mile Hightech" section.
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