Is it really that bad? A sustainable corporate sponsor is likely better than a fickle community. Think about how many corporations also sponsor or own weird side ventures that may or may not actually produce profit, but are there for prestige, status, or just good of the world.
How much will PIA influence Linux Journal now? I don't see having a single company responsible for the survival of a journalism outfit as a good thing at all. I hope I am wrong and we are not inundated with PIA spam.
If we are, so be it. LJ was very much dying and would be dead in 2018. This way it gets another chance and if PIA doesn't fuck it up, gets to potentially thrive. If PIA does fuck it up, well, it was going to die this year anyways. We are no worse off, and potentially better off with this situation.
I have no relationship with PIA. I have written two articles for LJ a few years ago, and they very much struggled to pay me afterwards.
I'd wonder if there weren't some sort of agitprop with Linux virtualisation, in published articles in the future...
(Long-time subscriber, gonna renew my subscription and tune in and find out just what the PIA to the LWN is gonna mean to .. what I consider .. a Mighty Fine Publication.)
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Is it really that bad? A sustainable corporate sponsor is likely better than a fickle community. Think about how many corporations also sponsor or own weird side ventures that may or may not actually produce profit, but are there for prestige, status, or just good of the world.
Check out http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-the-michelin-guide...
How much will PIA influence Linux Journal now? I don't see having a single company responsible for the survival of a journalism outfit as a good thing at all. I hope I am wrong and we are not inundated with PIA spam.
If we are, so be it. LJ was very much dying and would be dead in 2018. This way it gets another chance and if PIA doesn't fuck it up, gets to potentially thrive. If PIA does fuck it up, well, it was going to die this year anyways. We are no worse off, and potentially better off with this situation.
I have no relationship with PIA. I have written two articles for LJ a few years ago, and they very much struggled to pay me afterwards.
I wrote three articles for LJ over the years and always took my fee in trade for an extended subscription.
I'd wonder if there weren't some sort of agitprop with Linux virtualisation, in published articles in the future...
(Long-time subscriber, gonna renew my subscription and tune in and find out just what the PIA to the LWN is gonna mean to .. what I consider .. a Mighty Fine Publication.)