----- "Sean DALY" <sdaly.be@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > thanks Larry for that > > to be clear, I do agree that the ZDNet piece was poorly written. > Contrast with > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/10/22/win7_launch/ > which from the same information provides more meaningful analysis... > > In my view, open source as a reporter's beat is past its prime. A few > short years ago, many large IT shops needed explanations due to their > dependence on the monoculture. I don't think that's the case anymore; > FLOSS has found its place in most areas of computing (desktop OSes > being a notable exception). After all, there is no "proprietary > software" beat, but organization by vertical market or technical > class. I myself am much more focused on the K-6 education vertical > market, and tend to want to see things through that prism; pundits in > that area compare FLOSS to proprietary all the time. > > For good coverage of FLOSS, ars technica has a well-deserved > reputation, their analysis is based on actual reviews such as this > one: > http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/10/ars-takes-a-first-look-under-the-hood-of-fedora-12.ars > > Sean > /me makes no comment about Sean's top posting... -- Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Robert 'Bob' Jensen || Fedora Unity Founder | | bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || http://fedoraunity.org/ | | http://bjensen.fedorapeople.org/ | | http://blogs.fedoraunity.org/bobjensen | | http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Bob-Jensen/1332998420 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
