A new open source foundation [LWN.net]

A new open source foundation

Posted Sep 19, 2009 21:07 UTC (Sat) by Lovechild (guest, #3592)
Parent article: A new open source foundation

so LWN is turning into the new BoycottNovell. Instead of being happy that a
major IT company takes yet another of many steps towards more openness and
promotion of Open Source we are treated to a lengthy rant written from the
assumption that this is bad, followed by a search solely for evidence to
confirm this assumption. In the progress of which it is basically implied
that the members of the board are shills for Microsoft which is offensive to
say the least.

This article degrades the otherwise fine jounalistic standard on LWN and
singlehandedly makes me consider canceling my subscription.

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A new open source foundation

Posted Sep 20, 2009 16:25 UTC (Sun) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

I can't agree. Can you point to the places where you can think it is a rant or anything but insightful.

What? where?

Posted Sep 23, 2009 15:37 UTC (Wed) by dion (subscriber, #2764) [Link]

I don't see any part of the fine article that is in any way unreasonable or something that could be called a "rant".

MS has a long history of being untrustworthy, especially when it comes to its dealings with Open Source and Free software, to be careful about Codeplex is not entirely ill advised.

I'm sure MS would like everybody to forget all the underhanded and deceitful things it did in past, but people have memories, even if "the consumers" don't.

A new open source foundation

Posted Sep 23, 2009 20:56 UTC (Wed) by BackSeat (subscriber, #1886) [Link]

This article degrades the otherwise fine jounalistic standard on LWN and singlehandedly makes me consider canceling my subscription.

One article that upsets - almost however much it upsets you - is hardly ever reason to cancel a subscription. Once the upsets are the norm rather than the exception then yes, a cancellation may be appropriate. Should that day dawn, just do it. No need to justify it to us, the great unwashed. If you want to tell anyone why, tell Mr Corbet. Then just leave, quietly closing the door behind you.

A new open source foundation

Posted Oct 19, 2009 13:34 UTC (Mon) by txwikinger (subscriber, #57821) [Link]

I did not know that journalistic standards means questions cannot be asked. Where is this article unfair or not objective? I thought the time of Kool-aid drinking journalism was over due to the Internet ;)