1. Linux - PC week article
Food for thought......
Kenneth Rhodes
Lyons, GA
2. Re: Linux - PC week article
Ha! He's probably being paid by Microsoft to say those things.
Kenneth Rhodes wrote:
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> Food for thought......
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/columns/0,4351,372462,00.html
> Kenneth Rhodes
> Lyons, GA
3. Re: Linux - PC week article
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM>
Nov 25, 1998
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Last edited Nov 26, 1998
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:00:52 -0500, Kenneth Rhodes <krhodes at CYBERSOUTH.COM>
wrote:
>Food for thought......
>
Well, in a way - sort of like the stuff we took OUT of the turkey,
before we put the stuffing in....
The article is pretty well slanted the way Ziff paid him to slant it.
Note the careful wording. For example, there's no mention of the thousands
of ISP's who use Linux to run their servers. Notice also the cautious
attempt to insinuate, without stating it in so many words, that Linux
is somehow unstable or undependable. They cannot say that outright, because
a side-by-side comparison quickly shows Linux to be far more stable than,
for example, NT.
Why would they (Ziff-Davis) want to downplay the role of Linux? Obvious -
there are no multi-million dollar Linux advertising budgets out there.
You may think I am biased against Ziff - I am. Try sometime making
a list of the good, useful magazines they have bought out, ruined,
and then shut down. Chances are one of your favorites was among them.
Irv
