[ Kelly McNeill
writes: ]
“This excellent editorial contribution was submitted by TJ
Miller as a response to those that respond in the LinuxToday
talkback forum. LinuxToday graciously posts links to a large number
of osOpinion’s Linux related editorial content. Some of the content
is well received by LT’s readers while other examples are not.
osOpinion strives for equality among varying OSes and chooses
to allow *anyone* the opportunity to express an opinion as long
it’s well worded and of interest to the general computing
community. Several of these editorial contributions challenge the
opposition. While a mode of public expression such as this is
fine, it is wrong to suggest that varying opinions that don’t
advocate anyone’s preferred OS is nothing other than FUD.”
From the article:
“I don’t run the website, but I can tell you that osOpinion
isn’t just Linux-centric: There are way too many embittered Mac
fans in there to be considered healthy 🙂 Seriously – there’s a
full mixture of people in there, from NT/Windows fans to Mac fans
to, yes, even Microsoft fans. Most of what gets written is about
Linux because the Penguinistas care about their OS more than anyone
else… Linux is, after all, the only OS that allows you to
literally own and tinker with it.”
“No one who writes for osOpinion gets paid – we all do it simply
because we want to. You won’t find professional writers there
because they demand money for services rendered. You won’t find all
of the articles in there articulated and perfect, mainly because
many of us, myself included, use our writing as a tool to gauge and
probe exactly where (insert any OS name here) is going. Others
aren’t used to writing anything longer than informal letters to
friends and acquaintances. I posit theories and perceptions based
on what I have seen and found in the industry. I also compare the
moods and opinions of your responses to that found in the local IT
scene (this would entail Utah’s Ogden/Salt Lake City region.) My
students are the ultimate beneficiaries of the answers I find to
the questions I ask in both realms, either directly or indirectly.
In that vein, I ask the following…”