Re: BBC "evil malice Linux zealot" article

Andrew A. Adams wrote:
> Poor S&T reporting at the BBC is SOP. How many times 
> have you seen the bimbos on TV news giggle that some new simple scientific 
> result is "way over their heads" followed immediately by cogent conversation 
> with the business correspondent about macro economic trends and the effect of 
> the world economy on UK interest rates and the housing market.
> 
> As a friend of mine said on Feedback a couple of years ago:
> 
> "If the Sports or Business reporters on the BBC acted as clueless as the 
> Science reporters, it would be a national scandal."

It may or may not be worth pointing out that the original article [1] 
was written by Stephen Evans, a Business correspondent, not a 
Science/Tech reporter. A quick Google shows he's cropped up here before, 
apparently in favour of longer (95 year) rather than shorter (50) 
copyright durations:

<http://brass.cream.org/brass2.cgi?mail=02:3217-117&year=103&month=02&day=26>

Personally, I find it quite intriguing that the rise of OSS in industry 
has remained accompanied by a sense of 'culture' alongside. I like the 
way that Linux seems to be gaining popularity both on a 
technical/economical level, and on an 'ethos' level (albeit much moreso 
in places such as Brazil et al), both of which are being taken seriously 
into account by the traditional business sector. But maybe that's just me ;)

.g

[1] <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3457823.stm>

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