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LWN.net Closing Down

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 21-penguin-salute dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The best Linux news site is calling it a day. Citing money problems, they are saying next weeks issue will be the last. I've been reading LWN.net since the very beginning. They have always demonstrated sanity, restraint and professionalism along with thoughtful commentary - unlike certain other well known Linux news sites. Very sad." They've had problems since last fall. It's been a good four year run for them.

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  1. Re:And the ironic part is... by SN74S181 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unfortunately Darwin isn't a BSD. It's a parody of a BSD, brought to you by Apple. It can die just as fast as MkLinux did. As soon as it becomes less in vogue to hype having 'Unix origins,' it can be absorbed into MacOS like water into the desert sand.

  2. Typical "open source" disaster by 1000101 · · Score: 0, Troll
    "But we have not succeeded in raising even a fraction of the required funds."

    The closing of this site is analogous to why open source projects will always fall short of its competition (read $ not quality). There simply is not enough revenue. Until people realize there is no money in open source this trend will continue.