Is it really The End? [LWN.net]

Is it really The End?

Posted Aug 6, 2002 9:08 UTC (Tue) by balbir-_singh (guest, #887)
Parent article: Is it really The End?

This makes me think about the whole "software is free != software costs '0' " philosophy.

I think LWN.NET should look at corporates spending billions of dollars on
Linux. Most of the visitors to lwn.net are people who make a decent of money and I am sure the organizations they work for will be willing to sponsor them to ACM/IEEE, etc. Why not use that money to join LWN?

I am all for the subscription model but if it comes with support. I would like my questions answered. I think big corporations can get corporate subscriptions and pledge support for lwn. Lwn has done a great job till date. One model to serve many companies that require information that is relevant to them. They should be able to get a customized newsletter.

As far as paying the journalists is concerned, I think they definitely deserve more than they get right now. Working for free is not practical, reality catches up sooner or later.

Balbir

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