The ads are random, the first time the page loaded it did have the GtF ads on it, now it has HP ads.
And the next few times I loaded it there was a Sun ad. The point is the GtF ads shouldn't be in the rotation at all.
From casual observation of the mostly linux site I frequent about half the ads seem to be GtF ads so it's hardly surprising they appear with this story.
What's surprising is that they are on Linux sites to begin with.
And you can't criticise them for accepting the ads as they are a business and need to make money.
Yes, I bloody well can. I can criticize them for how they choose to go about making money. I am sick and tired of this "ends justify the means" bullshit that pretends corporations don't have to be held accountable for their actions so long as they show a profit. Newsforge is supposed to be a Linux and Open Source news site. It says so in their motto at the top of every bloody page. If the GtF ads are deceiving and wrong, bite the bullet and don't run them. Have some integrity. Otherwise, why am I reading it? If they publish stories complaining about the ad campaign and then take money to run those very same ads, why should I trust them at all? Why should I believe another word they say?
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Re:Oh, the Irony...
Posted by: tsg on June 27, 2005 09:55 PMAnd the next few times I loaded it there was a Sun ad. The point is the GtF ads shouldn't be in the rotation at all.
From casual observation of the mostly linux site I frequent about half the ads seem to be GtF ads so it's hardly surprising they appear with this story.
What's surprising is that they are on Linux sites to begin with.
And you can't criticise them for accepting the ads as they are a business and need to make money.
Yes, I bloody well can. I can criticize them for how they choose to go about making money. I am sick and tired of this "ends justify the means" bullshit that pretends corporations don't have to be held accountable for their actions so long as they show a profit. Newsforge is supposed to be a Linux and Open Source news site. It says so in their motto at the top of every bloody page. If the GtF ads are deceiving and wrong, bite the bullet and don't run them. Have some integrity. Otherwise, why am I reading it? If they publish stories complaining about the ad campaign and then take money to run those very same ads, why should I trust them at all? Why should I believe another word they say?
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