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On the Future of Linux Weekly News

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the community-chest dept.

Trevelyan writes "This article on LWN shows they are not alone, it seems that since they announced they will finish 1 August, loads of people have been emailing their support, and donating money, $12,000 as of this writing."

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  1. Re:Heh, I knew it... by steveha · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These people are conmen, nothing more.

    Let's see: LWN has been published for 4.5 years, with insightful commentary that has won them many fans. Then they, without asking for money, announced they were going to shut down.

    Yeah, that sounds like pretty standard con-men tactics to me. Set up the suckers for 4.5 years or so, and then trick them into sending donations.

    If you have some spare cash, pass it on to the great guys at XFree86

    There are lots of great places to donate, but I don't need you to tell me which ones are worth the money. I personally find LWN to be more worth reading than PC Week or other paper magazines; if they offered a for-pay subscription, I'd go for it.

    steveha

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