Is Slashdot "Anti-Microsoft?"

[KeyserSoze]

Sometimes, good articles. But it seems like they will do anything they can to bash the hell out of MS. I'm not a fan boy of MS by any means...just like every company, they have their flaws. But it seems like /. loves publicizing everything wrong with Microsoft, and it's pretty lame at times. [To Me]

Discuss or Bash Me......




KS

 

[Raduque]

No, it's true. They're extremely anti-closed source in general, but anti-microsoft specifically.

Instead of bashing you, I'll bash SDers: bunch of childish jealous linux geeks.

 

[Vertimus]

Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Sometimes, good articles. But it seems like they will do anything they can to bash the hell out of MS. I'm not a fan boy of MS by any means...just like every company, they have their flaws. But it seems like SD loves publicizing everything wrong with Microsoft, and it's pretty lame at times. [To Me]

Discuss or Bash Me......




KS

It is lame, but it's also lame you call it SD, and not /.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: Vertimus

Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Sometimes, good articles. But it seems like they will do anything they can to bash the hell out of MS. I'm not a fan boy of MS by any means...just like every company, they have their flaws. But it seems like SD loves publicizing everything wrong with Microsoft, and it's pretty lame at times. [To Me]

Discuss or Bash Me......




KS

It is lame, but it's also lame you call it SD, and not /.

Fixed.



KS

 

[vi edit]

/. is just anti establishment. They hate popular and corporate based products.

 

[schneiderguy]

digg is extremely anti microsoft. most people there are firefox/apple/linux/wii fanboys

 

[SSP]

Thats pretty obvious. Just look at the borg-gates logo they use. Its no different then the Digg's bias towards anything apple.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Of course not.

They're anti-"M$".

I still have yet to determine which company they are referring to, as I know of none which uses that abbreviation.

- M4H

 

[chcarnage]

Yes they are harsh on Microsoft. And often the Microsoft/Apple news aren't accurate.

On the other hand, the occasions to write good things about Microsoft are limited. The last 10 news about Microsoft on Slashdot:

[*]Microsoft launches Google book search competitor
[*]Microsoft underscores that it makes research, too
[*]Groklaw criticises the Microsoft - Novell deal
[*]Most companies wait a year until they switch to Vista
[*]Microsoft wants to be part of One Laptop Per Child
[*]Novell improves MS Office format export of Open Office
[*]Microsoft's lobbying in Massachusetts
[*]Article about the Microsoft vs. Google competition
[*]Vague article about privacy concerns in Microsoft's Google Map competitor
[*]Vista installation DVD allows custom additional software/malware; trojans declared as "Vista cracks" are in circulation

Well that's a mixed bags of news but at least the editors included one positive article, too. Comments on the other hand are often Microsoft-sceptic but it is not impossible to have a discussion.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Zonk's constant trolling about the PS3 is worse. That got old really fast.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

While we're on the subject, has anyone else got the /. widget thing on their Google home page? Mine stopped working yesterday I think, it has the story "Please update your bookmarks" and nothing newer than that. Do they have to release a new version of the widget?