TWELVE hours after Linus Torvalds had announced the closing of the merge windows (page will be updated with more news picks as they arrive) we began to see the typical slant from Linux-hostile people. It's not a new habit and it is done consistently, not merely as clickbait because underlying facts too get distorted (previously, after Torvalds protested the matter the headline was modified/corrected as well).

"Too much marketing, obligatory (paid-for) puff pieces, and sponsored fluff."The above is a rant about the sort of 'news' coverage we nowadays find about Linux; sometimes it's not about Linux at all and oftentimes it's just misusing the brand to say something negative about things that aren't Linux. If the media perishes and if "professional" (paid) journalism dies, maybe it is well deserved. We're struggling to find anything that can be labeled journalism in today's "tech" press. Too much marketing, obligatory (paid-for) puff pieces, and sponsored fluff. ⬆

"Mind Control: To control mental output you have to control mental input. Take control of the channels by which developers receive information, then they can only think about the things you tell them. Thus, you control mindshare!"

--Microsoft, internal document [PDF]