Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 28, 2004 08:23 AM
Robin Miller admitted that he and Rob Malda were responsible for awarding Microsoft the "Best Integration Product" the previous year.
That's very interesting. I wonder if Robin and Slashdot will, now that they've been outed, cut the same slack to Gartner and Enderle, from where Gartner and Enderle get their revenue for their reports.
If Gartner and Enderle have a conflict in who pays for their reports, wouldn't the same conflict be extended to Newsforge and Slashdot, recipients of Microsoft advertising dollars, having awarded an award to Microsoft, the predatory proprietary 900 lb. gorilla, in a Free Software/Open Source Software business show?
btw, that's a nice cover story for rewarding one of the hands that feeds you, instead of biting the hand that feeds you.
What fucking hypocrites! My view of Newsforge has just been shattered. There was at least one small project/company that was a candidate (and worthy) for that award. Roblimo and Malda awarding that award to Microsoft cost other project(s) needed publicity, and result was a definite loss of increased sales because of the loss of publicity/promotion of the award. Just as I believe Gartner and Enderle are biased because of who pays them, so do I now believe that Roblimo and Malda put their pockets (or those of their employer) ahead (especially during a low revenue year in terms of advertising) of their objectivity or professionalism.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 28, 2004 08:23 AMThat's very interesting. I wonder if Robin and Slashdot will, now that they've been outed, cut the same slack to Gartner and Enderle, from where Gartner and Enderle get their revenue for their reports.
If Gartner and Enderle have a conflict in who pays for their reports, wouldn't the same conflict be extended to Newsforge and Slashdot, recipients of Microsoft advertising dollars, having awarded an award to Microsoft, the predatory proprietary 900 lb. gorilla, in a Free Software/Open Source Software business show?
btw, that's a nice cover story for rewarding one of the hands that feeds you, instead of biting the hand that feeds you.
What fucking hypocrites! My view of Newsforge has just been shattered. There was at least one small project/company that was a candidate (and worthy) for that award. Roblimo and Malda awarding that award to Microsoft cost other project(s) needed publicity, and result was a definite loss of increased sales because of the loss of publicity/promotion of the award. Just as I believe Gartner and Enderle are biased because of who pays them, so do I now believe that Roblimo and Malda put their pockets (or those of their employer) ahead (especially during a low revenue year in terms of advertising) of their objectivity or professionalism.
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