(Meta: should editorial comment go in daily?) [LWN.net]

(Meta: should editorial comment go in daily?)

Posted Jun 4, 2002 11:39 UTC (Tue) by DeletedUser1204 ((unknown), #1204)
In reply to: (Meta: should editorial comment go in daily?) by nettings
Parent article: Red Hat and software patents

> what makes lwn.net (and especially the editorial)
> important to me is the "looking back" perspective.
> i like to read material whose authors have taken
> their time and based their judgement on more than 
> one news flash.
>
> i have always liked the way the editors try to take
> the edge off the latest hype and provide a calm analysis
> with constructive and diplomatic criticism, to solve
> rather than fuel a dispute. this is lwn's special trait,
> and it needs some time.

It certainly is. I couldn't have said it better.

The thing I found about this article was that it didn't
stand out. I thought it was just another link.

> personally, i like to reconsider a news item with a
> few days' distance when it comes up in the weekly, 
> even if i have seen it before elsewhere.

I like the weekly version because it provides a better
reflection of what is actually happening. Day by day is
too fined grained and I don't have time to track it.

It is far too easy to lose something like this in the noise
of the busy daily page. The weekly edition is an excellent
source of good information about new developments. It would
be a shame to lose that in the noise.....

FPE

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