[News] [Rival] Neowin Exposed as a "Windows Shill Site"
Roy Schestowitz
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Sam Symons…maybe youre new here….
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| So the newest Neowin reporter is a bit of a joker? A bit of a comedian? Im
| not sure, but surprise, surprise, what he is (and this is quoted from his
| profile)
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| “…..works as a Microsoft Student Partner in his spare time.”
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| Marvellous.
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| Now to continue this on (and I wasnt going to mention this at the time
| because it wasnt blogworthy for an article in its own right)
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/sam-symonsmaybe-youre-new-here/
The “big boys” are coming!
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| Neowin, its reporters and its users can play with Windows all day I really
| dont mind. What I mind is when something is posted that (IMO) is likely to
| mislead someone into an incorect assumption about an alternative to Microsoft
| products.
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| I wont draw inference from Simon360s posts (which are quite typical from
| reporters from the Neowin site who quite happily swear, insult and in one
| case have a girlfriend pop up in defense.) What sort of outfit is being run
| here? I dont see Joe Willcox, Mary Jo Foley or any of the Microsoft employees
| Ive had the pleasure of debating with acting like this.
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/the-big-boys-are-coming/
Recent:
NeoWin reporter impartial? - I SUSEpect not!
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| The point I made at the time (and still maintain) is that someone who has
| used Microsoft products only is hardly in a possition to call themself (IMO)
| either a tech enthusiast and/or an expert. They are Microosoft product
| experts in my opinion and as I recently said on another site, you wouldnt be
| happy taking your car to a garage that only had experience in one model of
| car that was different to yours, the same applies to the IT world.
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| I still have my doubts as to the impartiality of certain reporters from the
| NeoWin site. Of course this is my opinion so let me place the evidence in
| front of you, the reader and you can decide for yourself.
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| [...]
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| He said “Build my own Linux OS based on my needs is now few clicks away!
| http://susestudio.com #linux #susestudio #opensuse”
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| So we hit upon the subject of impartiality again. For those that dont know,
| it is my opinion that openSUSE is about the closest thing you can get to a
| Microsoft approved Linux distro (since “the deal” that Novell and Microsoft
| signed a few years ago) For those who are not aware of this deal you can
| find out more information here: http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/neowin-reporter-impartial-i-susepect-not/
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