> But to allude to
> him as a respected industry member is greatly stretching things when
> every article that mentions CentOS is disparaging and I can't recall any
> article even ending on a positive note.
Try google: http://lwn.net/Articles/123934/
(For the record, I couldn't find any previous disparaging comments from him... I
stopped at page 6)
Maybe he is a hack, I have no clue. But he is a hack with a fairly big
linux-focused audience that repeated a few home truths (in my opinion). I am
using it to try to illustrate how the status quo is harming the project. If that
isn't important to you or you don't agree, that's fine.
>
> > You may agree or disagree with his conclusion but his facts are a
> > reflexion of the CentOS lists.
>
> No. His conclusions are rehashed, sometimes verbatim, from this list
> and the same vocal and tiny minority of users; and that's one of the
> problems I have with his style of one-sided journalism - there are two
> sides to most every story and when you concentrate solely on the
> negative aspects you are doing your readers a grave disservice.
And those that think everything is peachy are also a tiny minority as far as we
know, because I reckon 95%+ of CentOS users never post on the list. I wish
people would stop stating what the *think* as *fact*.
>
> > If CentOS had a communication policy, it could spare itself these
> > types of articles...
>
> No. These types of articles will continue to appear whether there is a
> communications "policy" or not.
In my opinion, what a load of clap-trap. If that was the case, then every
community project irrespective of governance would get "these" types of articles
and as far as I can tell, that just aint the case!
>
>
> John
> --
> The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to
> have any.
>
> -- Katharine Whitehorn (1928-), British journalist, writer, and columnist
>
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