09.21.11
Disclosures
Summary: A note on the lack of conflict of interest in Techrights
NONE of the writers and contributors here has a conflict of interest to declare. As far as we know, there was never someone working for a GNU/Linux vendor writing here. There were some community volunteers, sure, but none of them was connected to a company we write about such as Red Hat or Google. We are very strict about this. Speaking for myself, I would not work for a company like Google (they tried hiring me 3 times over the years) as that would invalidate a lot of what I wrote and promoted independently. Instead, I work in academia and industry, mostly administration/development/research, which makes the subject of patents very relevant. On the side I also run a couple of companies which in no way relate to what this Web site covers. Over at the IRC channels, none of us except Jono Bacon works for a GNU/Linux company, so allegations about us being “biased” would be very weak. We don’t do this for our wallet, just our ideology/beliefs. Techrights is about justice in technology. it’s not profit-obsessed. █
Michael said,
September 21, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Allegations about you being biased are “very weak”!
LOL!
Really, Roy… how can you post such a comment and expect to be taken seriously?
dyfet Reply:
September 22nd, 2011 at 5:26 am
Advocacy is NOT improper bias so your comment is actually meaningless. What Roy is speaking about is the question of advocacy with respect to conflict of interest, such as do to employment. What I particularly appreciate is that all Roy’s articles are well researched, a rather difficult and often thankless job. Thank you Roy!
Michael Reply:
September 22nd, 2011 at 9:08 am
Roy’s articles are often poorly researched and merely point back to his own claims as “evidence”. He is often outright dishonest.
I am a very big believer in Linux. But I think it is very poor “advocacy” to try to boost Linux by lying about it or about competitors. Linux is good enough to stand on its own – when Roy lies to try to make it look better he is engaging in very poor “advocacy”.