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Foxnews: You may have lost Linux users as an audience
The "no spin zone" spun out of control with the publication of Jim Prendergast's article entitled Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument. Let's face it, time and time again we get these kind of articles from the New York Times. We can expect that sort of thing from the bastion of far left journalism that tolerates writers who make up their stories as they go. But, a fair and balanced news organization should know better. Pendergast's article was the most ridiculous item of the day and certainly unworthy of cable's number one news channel. A news organization with capable researchers should vett their material for the tiniest faults. Fox expects that from other news organizations and should also exercise the same care. Microsoft Corporation is a founding member of ATL and other organizations that lobby strictly in the interest of one of America's most abusive monopolies -namely Microsoft. Lxer published an article in late June entitled Following Bill Gates Linux Attack Money which demonstrated concerns about Microsoft's ties to Jack Abramoff and Congressman Tom DeLay. We believe that Foxnews would do better following those tracks than publishing an article by an obviously biased member of Microsoft's political machine. It also makes us wonder, how someone like Prendergast could get past your editors and publish under Fox's banner. Does it make you wonder the same thing? Well, it should. Besides, if you do the research, you will find that the Open Document Format is a good thing for America and people across the globe. And that's what it's all about anyway. Those are our talking points and now for the rest of our stories. |
Comments (24)
I saw that on Fox
and it made my blood boil. In fairness, it was labeled an opinion piece. Perhaps, in the interest of being "fair and balanced" they would publish an opposing view, as well as some *facts*.
FOX fair and Balenced? Yeah, only if you are a Fundamentalist Conservative. There are very few real news organizations around, and none are in the U.S. I quit watching T.V. because I HAVE A BRAIN! Oh, and by the way, has anyone noticed that when the "right" is in power that dissent becomes un-american? Only the "right" knows best, right?
I suspect they're beginning to feel some heat on the issue:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170916,00.html
It's a start...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170916,00.html
It's a start...
Why worry about Fox? It is owned by the absolutely ruthless Rupert Murdoch who micromanages news coverage according to News Limited's (his main operation) financial interests. If you think you can shame him into fair coverage you are sadly mistaken. You're wasting your energy. Believe me I have seen it all before: He started out in Adelaide, South Australia (where I did my Phd) many years ago. There his first newspaper (the News) was exactly like Fox News now. Nothing has or will change until he is 6' under.
I thought Mr. Prendergast rather eloquently summed up the potential of a misunderstood technology (like Open Document format) in a June 26 article on the Fox news site:
"In fact, history has shown that new technology often causes initial backlashes. But if scientists, developers and individual consumers who will be using the technology work together to determine the right best practices for its ultimate use, untold and unknown benefits and improvements will be found."
Of course, he was talking about Radio Frequency Identification technology, and not supporting Open Document formats. Funny, Microsoft wasn't mentioned in his credentials after that story either, even though it probably should have been.... http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/apr04/04-05Mic...
"In fact, history has shown that new technology often causes initial backlashes. But if scientists, developers and individual consumers who will be using the technology work together to determine the right best practices for its ultimate use, untold and unknown benefits and improvements will be found."
Of course, he was talking about Radio Frequency Identification technology, and not supporting Open Document formats. Funny, Microsoft wasn't mentioned in his credentials after that story either, even though it probably should have been.... http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/apr04/04-05Mic...
This chap did a nice bit of work on Pendergrast (sic). Seems he got dead people to support Microsoft too.
http://wordpress.xdroop.com/
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sharkscott -
Hmmmm.....
I guess that's why they've thrown Michael Moore in jail, right?
Hmmmm.....
I guess that's why they've thrown Michael Moore in jail, right?
It's interesting that in the article no positive reasons for why the decision was made are included. Perhaps because if they were all the ranting against would be seen as irrelevant.
He could of course have suggest another way to achieve the goals of adopting the format (information access unencumbered by one source only tools and preserving access into the future amongst them) by suggesting Microsoft could totally open their format for patent and copyright free use by all who want to adopt it.
Who would object to a truly open MS Office format? (All of the earlier versions too?)
He could of course have suggest another way to achieve the goals of adopting the format (information access unencumbered by one source only tools and preserving access into the future amongst them) by suggesting Microsoft could totally open their format for patent and copyright free use by all who want to adopt it.
Who would object to a truly open MS Office format? (All of the earlier versions too?)
Massachusetts goes open source
What the typically malware hip-shooting O'Rilley's failed to do again is look at the whole picture. Next year, the state of Mass. will purchase 500,000 MIT-developed $100 laptops (low cost, specifically stated because they use Linux) and spread them among the students of their schools as a standard school item.
Of course, it may also be O'Rilley's postion that the state shouldn't buy the laptops from the nonprofit Negroponte foundation for the students, in a vain attempt to keep his audience as technologically dumbed-down as he is.
The state, it would seem, has faith not only in Open Document, but in Linux, and I'll bet their government begins to move in that direction, too.
Unless Ballmer threatens to blow the state up or something, which, the way he's been acting lately, he could.
Of course, it may also be O'Rilley's postion that the state shouldn't buy the laptops from the nonprofit Negroponte foundation for the students, in a vain attempt to keep his audience as technologically dumbed-down as he is.
The state, it would seem, has faith not only in Open Document, but in Linux, and I'll bet their government begins to move in that direction, too.
Unless Ballmer threatens to blow the state up or something, which, the way he's been acting lately, he could.
The article was a parody on O'Reilly. You mean Fox? or the article's author?
busted
"The column "Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument" that appeared on FOXnews.com Sept. 28 identified author James Prendergast as executive director of Americans for Technology Leadership, but failed to disclose that Microsoft is a founding member of that organization."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170916,00.html
Or that Citizens Against Government Waste was also a member. Or than dead people support Microsoft.
Tom --
I know I've told you this before:
We must not disrespect the wishes of our dead people. It's the Chicago way.
I know I've told you this before:
We must not disrespect the wishes of our dead people. It's the Chicago way.
Dino --
Didn't you once live in Texas?
We respect dead voters rights. I was a long time ago, by it got Lyndon JOhnson elected to the Senate.
;D
Didn't you once live in Texas?
We respect dead voters rights. I was a long time ago, by it got Lyndon JOhnson elected to the Senate.
;D
Simple truth is, "The No Spin Zone", is more accurately described as, "We spin so fast that the strobe light we use to pick BS (Ooops! 'Facts') to report makes it looks like we are standing still." lol
Tom -
Yesirree Bob, Tom.
Lived in Texas, met my beautiful wife was born there and so was my oldest daughter.
My respect for dead Chicagoans was never meant to imply that dead Texans don't also do their civic duty!
Yesirree Bob, Tom.
Lived in Texas, met my beautiful wife was born there and so was my oldest daughter.
My respect for dead Chicagoans was never meant to imply that dead Texans don't also do their civic duty!
Kagehi: It seems to work. Right?
Dino: Thanks for bringing that thought to closure :D
Dino: Thanks for bringing that thought to closure :D
My favorite LBJ quote:
"Never get caught sleeping with a live pig or a dead woman."
Long ago and far away, my Boy Scout Scoutmaster was very bitter about Johnson, and that was at least 10 years after Johnson left office. I remember being shocked by the force of emotion in his voice about a president I barely remembered.
"Never get caught sleeping with a live pig or a dead woman."
Long ago and far away, my Boy Scout Scoutmaster was very bitter about Johnson, and that was at least 10 years after Johnson left office. I remember being shocked by the force of emotion in his voice about a president I barely remembered.
phsolide: Johnson set in motion events that divided the US, its allies, families and essentially trust in every area of government. He betrayed the American people and enslaved people to fight in a police action while setting up an elaborate system where the middle class could avoid service in the military and the well connected could join the reserves and avoid harm's way. I can understand your Scoutmaster's emotion, it touched everyone. Imagine a group of students in the US protesting the war and being shot to death: Kent State. Only one of many events you can assign to LBJ.
tadelste - the emotions are correct, but the assignment of blame is not completely correct. Kent State was in 1970, I believe, and LBJ was not the president. [To be fair, LBJ knew too well that Viet Nam was to be a disaster (audio recordings), but felt trapped. Though he was a smart politician he inherited the brains of the Kennedy administration, which only the Kennedys knew how to ignore their dumb advice.]
*tap, tap*
Linux.
Remember?
Linux.
Remember?
It all relates to Linux. LBJ alienated a generation, they became hippies who gave birth to Linus who wrote the kernel. If it was for the communes and the pop festivals, no one would have know how to organize on-line communities.
:D
:D
Well then let's bring back the Free Love part of this revolution. (that's "free" as in speech)
(well, OR beer)
(well, OR beer)
I think a virus (STD) stopped the Master and Johnson royalty revenue stream.
Which doesn't have much to do with Linux.
Which doesn't have much to do with Linux.
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