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LXer statement of position on matters pertaining to SCO

Posted by dave on · 4 comments
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You may have noticed a complete lack of SCO-related news posted to LXer for the past couple days, click to find out why.

When I first started LXer in January, I posted SCO news alongside all the other news of the day. One thing that you must give SCO credit for: they are good at generating a LOT of news. Not a day could go by without posting something related to SCO (whether a press release from them, an interesting post from GrokLaw, or some pundit on eWeek talking about it).

Last week, however, in response to feedback from some of my readers, and responding to my own wishes, I have made the editorial decision to voluntarily abstain from posting the SCO du jour stories. This means that you might go a week or longer without hearing about SCO on LXer. For some, this will be a popular move, and for others I expect it will not. Ultimately, there are plenty of other good sites out there for following SCO, and I think my readers will appreciate a website where they won't be blasted with SCO every day.

This is not to say that there will be "No SCO", but I will be extremely choosey about posting anything related to SCO. When big news happens, I will post it, but if it's not big, I won't post.

Best, Dave

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Comments (4)

re: SCO

greensky ·
Thanks! I really thing this is a GREAT policy. I would rather read about Linux than SCO.

Can you explain exactly how the voting should work. When should I vote for a story, when should I vote against and when should I not vote at all.

Thanks!
dave Story submitter ·
The voting works this way:

If you like what you read (you thought it was worth the time to read, and you'd recommend it to others) then click on the green check.

If you thought it was a waste of time, and you didn't like it, and you would not encourage others to read it, click the red X.

Then, readers can sort the homepage by Score, so that the highest rated stories appear at the top, and the lowest are, of course, on the bottom.

If you have no opinion, don't click either.

dave
salparadise ·
less sco news?

lovely

does my stress levels no good at all

something decidedly wrong with the current legal system if they are allowed to behave like this without censure or control

the whole company should be forcibly closed down and the management prosecuted for malicious timewasting

Thank You

number6x ·
Thank You.

I know where to go to get SCO news when I want it.

I support your decision.

Sean

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