What is linux.com trying to achieve?
What exactly does the Linux Foundation hope to achieve by running a parallel site, linux.com? Is it a bid to shape the debate around GNU/Linux, something which companies are increasingly trying to do for their own products?
The Foundation, formed by a merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group at the beginning of 2007, has gained a remarkable amount of press attention in its short existence, at times for its undemocratic approach to the dissemination of information.
The new linux.com was planned "to transform the domain from just a news source into a community-driven information and collaboration portal, bringing together and connecting Linux developers and users. Linux.com will also feature a section specifically created for business users."
I asked him about the apparent contradiction in what linux.com is trying to do; on the one hand, it says "Linux.com strives to be the central source for informed, reasonable, and intelligent Linux information, software, documentation and answers across the server, desktop/netbook, mobile, and embedded areas."
And it also says: "We recognize (sic) there may be inaccurate information reflected in this site and that users should understand that something that appears on Linux.com does not mean the Linux Foundation has vetted or endorsed that content."
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