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Red Hat Explains ArsDigita Purchase
hezron writes "Red Hat VP, Howard Jacobson, sent a mass email explaining their acquisition of ArsDigita's assets. Here is the press release concerning the acquisition." The press release is actually a quick FAQ about the purchase - Howard does a good job of explaining the purchase and the reasons for it. Howard's a smart guy, and I hope that the purchase of AD will mean a longer life then how AD's past management was handling it.
Some of my fans may be wondering why I specifically choose to critique some articles, and not others.
Well, it's quite simple. I am a very busy person, and frankly I have neither the time, nor the inclination, to impart my profound grammar-related insights on every single article and post on Slashdot. You creatures don't even deserve half of the knowledge I do choose to give you, but I digress.
With this story in particular, all I can say is, "where is the challenge?" The original poster, "hezron", can't even manage the proper use of the words then and than. Even when you mentally make the correction for him, the sentence in question staunchly refuses to make sense. Then you have the self-proclaimed "editor" Hemos, who (apparently) cannot be bothered to do his job.
To top it all off, even Howard Jacobson, who authored the email mentioned in this story, is obviously incompetent when it comes to expressing himself via written communication. His entire message is nothing but a series of bullet points.
So, if the original author (VP of a major corporation) is incapable of expressing his thoughts by constructing simple, coherent sentences and paragraphs, and the story poster can't remember a third grade grammar rule, and the editor can't edit his way out of a paper bag... Well folks, why should I bother?
- Greylock owns Red Hat
- Greylock owns Arsdigita
- Arsdigta is a failure
- Use Red Hat money to "buy" Arsdigita
- Write off Arsdigita as a loss ($$$) (because that's basically what it is)
If Red Hat hat really wanted some java programmer they would've gone out there and hired some (theyre' a dime a dozen in case you haven't looked at the current economy). And it doesn't really make sense that they basically just fired everyone in aD except those who are needed to clean the rest of the $hit up."Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.