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  • Linux news getting buried - The Inquirer

    In a perverse way it makes sense to attempt burying superior competition. A case in point BYTE magazine was going to do a special issue on computer art. It was pulled because it showcased the Amiga computer. I had what they now term a classic Amiga. Yes it was proprietary and software cost a... more

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  • Reviewed by black3v1L on Jul 02, 12:40pm

    it's nice guys :)

  • Rated by doublefrangelico on Jul 01, 12:30pm

    From the page: "Digg said its bury algorithm requires diverse sets of users and burying behaviour in order for a story to be axed. However it is possible that a group of users - lets for the sake of argument call them Microsoft employees, partners and supporters - could "abusively bury content." It is also possible for the burying actions to be automated because all of them use the broken CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) security for user accounts. Vaughan-Nichols claims that when Microsoft supporters bury stories, they're making sure tens to hundreds of thousands of readers never see them. The Vole might not be the only one responsible. Other makers of proprietary software, such as Apple, also might use bury squads to kill off news they don't like."

  • Rated by buckiller on Jun 28, 10:25pm

    inquirer

  • Rated by Thorazine on Jun 28, 5:22pm

    I hear Microsoft also reprograms word-of-mouth. This is just bad storytelling.

  • Rated by ZebuZebuZebu on Jun 27, 3:51pm

    Linux evolves in small incriments. I mean who really thinks that Mesa progressing from RC 3 to RC 4 is particularly newsworthy. Heck, many people running linux don't even use mesa. In contrast, there's a lot of speculation on when Win7 will be ready, what features it will have and how much it will cost. I also think that while the whole of the Open Source community is much larger than Microsoft, but Linux at it's heart is just a kernel so you can't really tie Open Office to Linux the way you can tie Microsoft Office to Windows.

  • Rated by Dylian17 on Jun 27, 8:41am

    Basically Microsoft and their friends want to bury all Linux or OpenSource related news

  • Rated by Qgel on Jun 27, 7:35am

    This might theoretically hypothetically possibly is a bad article...

  • Rated by lonetwin on Jun 27, 7:01am

    So, if I thumb this 'i-heard-from-a-friend-of-mine' type of lousy reporting down am I a MicroShit lover burying a linux story ?? Gah ! This article is 10 years too late, it might have had buyers in the '90s. Also, how dare you equate Digg, reddit and stumbleupon ? StumbleUpon and it's stumblers are way more mature.