That's so far off-base, it's not even funny. I can't even begin to recite how many times CNN has demonstrated remarkably favorable bias for the Bush administration. They just seem to rubberstamp whatever comes out of the Bush camp without offering any kind of critique of what is happening. The kidnapped "journalists" is a good example brought up by an above poster - Canadian news agencies explored the ties these reporters had to US governmental agencies and showed pictures of the border to demonstrate that they could not have "accidentally strayed" into dangerous territory. CNN offered no such in-depth analysis.
There are also examples from the Enron case where CNN (among many others) tried to show that both dems and republicans answered to Enron's political coffers without even mentioning the huge disparity in contributions from Enron in favor of republican causes. Very shady indeed.
It has been demonstrated that there is really no liberal or conservative bias on the whole - except for Fox News - but rather a bias towards power and money, as Katz mentions.
The marketing web site is not the advertising material. This is just a place to discuss and get info about the materials we're producing.
Anyway, the advertising materials are coming, and no, they're not from the same designer as the web site...:@)
And, as I already above, the web site will change, but right now it's functional and does what it needs to do.
Besides, if you have any brilliant ideas about how the web site should look, there is a clear link on the front page about how you can join the mailing list and provide input.
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
I agree. We can't let it become total BS that no one will listen to. However, we need a place to proactively distribute Linux info. Why do we need this? Because every day now, I see more drivel coming out of Redmond. We don't need to respond to it, per se, because that only legitimizes it. However, we do need to come out with our own "drivel" except make it good information that can be used by many.
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
Sure, Linux has reached equilibrium - if you're an ISP, of if you need a cheap print server... or web server... or ftp server. The fact is, however, that in the IT space, Linux is not in the center of the picture - not by a long shot. You won't find Linux in most legal institutions. You won't find Linux in a lot of banks, although that is slowly changing - and very slowly, and if you do it's for compute clusters. You won't find Linux on corporate desktops. Linux is making up ground in the embedded space, but that's still a dog-fight. You won't find Linux in a lot of App server shops, or on most companies' middleware, or in web development consulting shops. The fact is, we have a ways to go before we reach "equilibrium."
And this is not about bringing Linux to newbies. This is about spreading info about Linux so that IT power brokers can be better informed. This is not about educating Joe desktop user about how to get KDE2 running on his desktop - there are other and better places for that.
And yes, word of mouth from enthusiastic users does a lot for Linux, but we cannot rely on that *exclusively*. We need good, quality marketing material to give to IT managers, CIO's, etc. And no, they *don't* know that shit. If you get bombarded by sales guys from Sun, MS, et al. and there's nothing from the Linux side, how successful do you think Linux will be?
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
What we need is some entity to bring Linux info to the masses that's not part of a specific company. The reason is that if every company tries to bring Linux to the masses, everyone will be confused about what Linux is and what it can do. However, Linux International is not a company - we represent the Linux companies. Thus, we are in position to distribute Linux info to the world. If successful, then those execs at companies who decide IT strategies will be better informed about Linux.
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
Having said that, yes, we are looking to spice it up with some real designers. Yes we need to make it look prettier, but first, I just want a functional web site where people can go to grap info on Linux.
And by the way, we're not a company. We are a vendor-driven organization - not-for-profit.
Be seeing you,
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, Marketing Committee
Slashdot Mirror
article on von Neumann
It's a clear case of a man taking credit for something he didn't do. Please, /. editors, do not perpetuate the myth of von Neumann.
I read the book first :@)
I just rented it a couple of months ago and loved it.
Does anyone else think Bush has met his young art student in Vienna?
Eagerly awaiting its US release! Can't wait to see it in a theater.
Zhang Zi Yi, the chick from Crouching Tiger, can do more than punch. Great movie about personal loyalty and rural China. Must rent.
Another flick from the Master, Zhang Yi Mou (Raise the Red Lantern)
Michael Lucas is a fantastic author, and we hope to have published this book by at least June, 2003.
We hope you like it.
-John Mark
Marketing Manager
No Starch Press
That's so far off-base, it's not even funny. I can't even begin to recite how many times CNN has demonstrated remarkably favorable bias for the Bush administration. They just seem to rubberstamp whatever comes out of the Bush camp without offering any kind of critique of what is happening. The kidnapped "journalists" is a good example brought up by an above poster - Canadian news agencies explored the ties these reporters had to US governmental agencies and showed pictures of the border to demonstrate that they could not have "accidentally strayed" into dangerous territory. CNN offered no such in-depth analysis.
There are also examples from the Enron case where CNN (among many others) tried to show that both dems and republicans answered to Enron's political coffers without even mentioning the huge disparity in contributions from Enron in favor of republican causes. Very shady indeed.
It has been demonstrated that there is really no liberal or conservative bias on the whole - except for Fox News - but rather a bias towards power and money, as Katz mentions.
We do want to keep the archives around so that people can find released works, even if it is severely dated.
That said, we've also taken steps so that when you use the "search" mechanism, the stuff that floats to the top is the most active.
We haven't completely solved this problem yet, but we're working on it.
-JM
SF.net Foundry Manager
The marketing web site is not the advertising material. This is just a place to discuss and get info about the materials we're producing.
:@)
Anyway, the advertising materials are coming, and no, they're not from the same designer as the web site...
And, as I already above, the web site will change, but right now it's functional and does what it needs to do.
Besides, if you have any brilliant ideas about how the web site should look, there is a clear link on the front page about how you can join the mailing list and provide input.
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
I agree. We can't let it become total BS that no one will listen to. However, we need a place to proactively distribute Linux info. Why do we need this? Because every day now, I see more drivel coming out of Redmond. We don't need to respond to it, per se, because that only legitimizes it. However, we do need to come out with our own "drivel" except make it good information that can be used by many.
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
Sure, Linux has reached equilibrium - if you're an ISP, of if you need a cheap print server... or web server... or ftp server. The fact is, however, that in the IT space, Linux is not in the center of the picture - not by a long shot. You won't find Linux in most legal institutions. You won't find Linux in a lot of banks, although that is slowly changing - and very slowly, and if you do it's for compute clusters. You won't find Linux on corporate desktops. Linux is making up ground in the embedded space, but that's still a dog-fight. You won't find Linux in a lot of App server shops, or on most companies' middleware, or in web development consulting shops. The fact is, we have a ways to go before we reach "equilibrium."
And this is not about bringing Linux to newbies. This is about spreading info about Linux so that IT power brokers can be better informed. This is not about educating Joe desktop user about how to get KDE2 running on his desktop - there are other and better places for that.
And yes, word of mouth from enthusiastic users does a lot for Linux, but we cannot rely on that *exclusively*. We need good, quality marketing material to give to IT managers, CIO's, etc. And no, they *don't* know that shit. If you get bombarded by sales guys from Sun, MS, et al. and there's nothing from the Linux side, how successful do you think Linux will be?
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
What we need is some entity to bring Linux info to the masses that's not part of a specific company. The reason is that if every company tries to bring Linux to the masses, everyone will be confused about what Linux is and what it can do. However, Linux International is not a company - we represent the Linux companies. Thus, we are in position to distribute Linux info to the world. If successful, then those execs at companies who decide IT strategies will be better informed about Linux.
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, LI Marketing Committee
Having said that, yes, we are looking to spice it up with some real designers. Yes we need to make it look prettier, but first, I just want a functional web site where people can go to grap info on Linux.
And by the way, we're not a company. We are a vendor-driven organization - not-for-profit.
Be seeing you,
John Mark Walker
LI Webmaster
Vice-chair, Marketing Committee