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LWN.net Closing Down
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.
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.
I have complete faith in CmdrTaco, Cowboy Neal, Hemos, michael and timothy (sometimes chrisd). They would never "sell out" or reduce their editorial standards. At some point, in the future, someone will monetize the concept of free. These guys have done a pretty good job in the pursuit of that goal. Who wants to bet that CmdrTaco hasn't turned /. into some pretty sweet gadgets? Without even learning how to use a spell checker!
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See you soon,
the boys
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.
There's a typo. It should have read:
They have always demonstrated sanity, restraint and professionalism along with thoughtful commentary - unlike certain other well known Linux news sites. Very sad.
Why are so many posts still at zero. Even the ones that are legit. We are eating your mod points you fucking lunix geek bitches.