[Ipg-smz] Fw: [Ipg-l] Linux Journal Shuts Down

[Swapnil Bhartiya]

Yes. The same one. Please do watch my interview with 'iconic' Corbet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOxHKyglvLA

On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 3:32 PM Ken Hess via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org>
wrote:

> By LWN, do you mean lwn.net? I haven't visited that site in several
> years. Didn't know it is still around.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
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> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 1:52 PM Swapnil Bhartiya via Ipg-smz <
> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 2:01 PM Jonathan Corbet via Ipg-smz <
>> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> > I'm no fan of Lunduke, but it's incredibly unfair to blame him for
>>> Linux
>>> > Journal shutting down.
>>>
>>> That's pretty much what I came here to say.
>>>
>> I meant to say that they hired someone who was part of the problem and
>> not the solution.  If they don't know to hire good people, they are doomed
>> to fail.
>>
>>>
>>> Besides, we know that the real problem is cheapskate Linux users:
>>>
>>>         https://betanews.com/2019/08/08/linux-journal-dies-again-rip/
>>>
>>> Now that's what I call quality journalism...
>>>
>>
>> I would disagree with the article. The publishing industry is going
>> through a transformation. Many major publishing houses have shut down or
>> got acquired. IDG's was acquired, the whole fleet of CIO and the rest was
>> laid .. there are many more examples. eWeek is another example. Prior to
>> Trump news organizations were in trouble. His madness has kinda pumped new
>> life into 'journalism'. So, the failure of LJ has nothing to do with the
>> fact that Linux users are cheap stake, its about business model. You have a
>> sustainable model for LWN and all you have is Linux users. The problem is
>> the demography these publications target - these are mostly students,
>> enthusiasts or nutcases who want to go off the grid. These publications
>> actually play a role in spreading that mentality that 'copying is not
>> theft' or paying is evil, technology is not a tool it's a religion and
>> mostly they bash Microsoft, Apple and everyone else... They cultivated that
>> culture, now the chickens are coming home. You can't commercialize your
>> product if this is your target audience. That is why I stopped covering and
>> caring about 'consumer desktop Linux users. I know there is a heavy market
>> for pageviews. Every Ubuntu of Mint coverage will get thousands of page
>> views, but what kind fo audience will that be? Not the kind I want to hang
>> outwit. So I stopped caring about them.  I ditched the fan following I
>> gained over the years and walked away from them. I don't want them. That
>> said, there is a market for 'Linux'. These are pro users. Developers. But
>> that market is kinda dominated by LWN and you are doing an excellent job
>> there. You also have Linux users, but you have the cream. You will harvest
>> what you sow.
>>
>> > If you hear of any of the writers looking for work writing advanced
>>> > Linux/open source/developer articles, please send them my way.
>>>
>>> Give them a nudge in my direction while you're at it :)
>>>
>>> jon
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