Careers In Linux Journalism-- No Knowledge Required!
I am pointing at all the alleged journalists, reporters, and so-called analysts who write about Linux and FOSS when they don't know one single blinking thing about it. What is it with people? It's shameful enough to spend years on the same beat without broadening their knowledge the slightest bit, and it's worse when they pontificate as though they actually know something.
So why, with all of this incredible wealth literally at our fingertips, do we still see dumb stuff like "Linux is too hard and you have to compile from sources" and "It's less secure because it's open", and "Windows has 98% market share" without doing the slightest bit of fact-checking, and without differentiating between different market segments such as server, cluster, embedded, desktop, and so forth; and how can anyone who calls him or herself a tech reporter this far into the new millennium, two thousand freaking oh nine, not have a grasp of even the most basic facts about Free/Open Source Software and Linux?
My current favorite horrid example is Dana Blankenhorn's famous "someone please send a Linux laptop" column, written in July 2008:
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 1206 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
Recent comments
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago