Maybe he believes what he is writing. Sure, it's silly, but he may actually believe it. I don't think we can assume he is being paid off.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General@brlug.net> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:59 PM Subject: Re: warts too was Re: [brlug-general] Open source will lead to ourdestruction.. > > Yes, the Russell Jones article was the most irresponsible bit of tripe > that I've read in the past few years. I wonder who is lining his > pockets to take this stance. > > -=D > > On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 14:16, John Hebert wrote: > > --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/20111 > > > > You may also be interested in the following rebuttal > > of that article: > > http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/20135 > > > > The author, Russell Jones, is the Executive Editor of > > DevX.com. I am very surprised and disturbed that > > someone at that level of a supposedly unbiased website > > devoted to covering computer programming and > > development technologies would be so obviously biased > > against open source software. > > > > IMO, he is a Microsoft shill and is acting at > > Microsoft's request, as Microsoft is the major > > advertiser on DevX's site. This begs the question: > > What is the taxonomy of various IT media > > organizations? In other words, which IT magazines does > > Microsoft own and have a major influence in > > controlling published content? It is obvious that the > > majority of free and open source advertising and > > content is web based, I assume because of the low cost > > and geek-oriented nature of it. > > > > So if you are not already aware of it, media can be > > biased in the reporting. Try to always determine who > > owns the media outlet to determine the bias. > > > > ===== > > John Hebert > > Official BRLUG Linux Curmudgeon > > Open Source Ankle Biter > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
