Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 14, 2004 06:56 AM
"Much of what Scott did was reprehensible, yet his poorly-executed vision produced tangible benefit for the Linux community, unlike the articles of Dennis Powell"
Excuse me? Exercising "Freedom of the Press" does not bring "tangible benefits" to the Linux community? You would do well to rethink that.
True and accurate reporting of the facts brings far more value to the community than providing a few amusing games. Now, if someone were claiming that Dennis Powell had sacrificed the truth to increase readership, then I would agree that a some entertaining software is more valuable than a nest of lies. But if the facts are correct, the criticism should not be on Mr. Powell for reporting them.
If people do ugly things, don't blame the press for telling an ugly tale.
Give me truth over trinkets any day.
For the record: I have no relationship either with Dennis Powell or Loki.
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Re:Good reminder
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 14, 2004 06:56 AMExcuse me? Exercising "Freedom of the Press" does not bring "tangible benefits" to the Linux community? You would do well to rethink that.
True and accurate reporting of the facts brings far more value to the community than providing a few amusing games. Now, if someone were claiming that Dennis Powell had sacrificed the truth to increase readership, then I would agree that a some entertaining software is more valuable than a nest of lies. But if the facts are correct, the criticism should not be on Mr. Powell for reporting them.
If people do ugly things, don't blame the press for telling an ugly tale.
Give me truth over trinkets any day.
For the record: I have no relationship either with Dennis Powell or Loki.
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