[KLUG Advocacy] Re: [KLUG Members] New York Times Endorses Linux

[Robert G. Brown]

>>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/opinion/18WED2.html
>>This is on the Editorial Page of the New York Times today.
>>Not a news article, or a guest opinion, but the position of
>>the newspaper itself on the topic.
>It seems a strange position for a producer of copyrighted material to take, 
>very much out of stride with the rest of the industry.
Yeah, the Times is like that.

>Maybe they actually get the fact that in the end reduced openness will hurt them
>too, and badly (IMHO).
I think they understand what's coming. Thier own website is a good example.

>It is hard for me to imagine being pro-Linux solely on
>the basis of "For consumers, that would be good news",
Probably something of a compromise. NY Times editorials are voted on by the 
editors, and usually only get in the paper after a UNANIMOUS vote. Perhaps this
ws the strongest statement they could agree on.

>then why not endorse Apple,  
Commerical organization. The Times has a policy about this.

>come out with a position on the M$ monoplity trial, etc...
They did!
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