[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Magazines

[Robert Citek]

At 09:43 PM 10/24/2003 -0500, JR Newsletters wrote:
>Doesn't the Microsoft paid slant bother you about that magazine?  I 
>subscribed to it for 2 years and dropped it after:  1.  Linux Magazine 
>accepted MS ads, AND 2.  Linux Magazine started editorializing how Linux 
>had to meet Microsoft's standards or play second OS to Windows, AND 3.
>Linux Magazine started making new product announcements that had nothing 
>to do with Linux whatsoever.  (Note the 'AND' is included to mean that I 
>dropped Linux Magazine for all 3 reasons....only reason 2 by itself would 
>have made me cancel my subscription otherwise, and that didn't start 
>happening until the 3rd issue after they started accepting MS ads.).

That the ads have a MS slant does not bother me.  I read the magazine for 
the articles.  I see nothing wrong with MS paying LM to write excellent 
articles about Linux.  Also, I see no need for LM to justify its 
decision.  In fact, I think the ads make a strong statement about the 
strengths of Linux and speaks to how seriously Microsoft takes the Linux 
threat.  To paraphrase Ghandi "first they ignore you, then they laugh at 
you, then they fight you, then you win."

But that's just my opinion.  I would recommend that you buy one or two 
copies from the newstand, read the articles, and then decide if it meets 
your needs.

As an aside, I particularly like the MS ad that says something like 
"UNIX-like performance ... without the UNIX price."  I immediately thought 
Linux.  I could not help but chuckle when I noticed the MS name in the 
bottom pane of the ad.

Regards,
- Robert