“ZDNet has bought LinuxDevices.com for an undisclosed sum, but
probably for less than finding enough knowledgeable, authorititive
journalists to cover the embedded OS patch itself.”
“In the press statement announcing the deal, Dan Rosenweig,
ZDNet’s president and CEO, makes a nod in the direction of
editorial content – ‘Rick Lerbaum has created a killer site’ –
before getting down to the serious business of talking
commerce…”
“We suspect that ZDNet will mop up a few more Linux sites
(32-Bits Online, anyone?). As ever, money, not community,
talks.“