Is a Political Endorsement Appropriate for a Technical Site? | Linux Today

Is a Political Endorsement Appropriate for a Technical Site?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 2008

“To those who said they would not buy from O’Reilly any more
simply because of my political views, like Deb S, who said:

“From now on every-time I see a O’Reilly book I will think that
book is from that Liberal company that supports the Socialist
Obama. I embrace competition and free enterprise (both of which
will be restricted or eliminated under Obama). I will choose NOT to
buy O’Reilly books because of the negative associations that I have
knowing O’Reilly is aligned with Socialists.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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