On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:32:54 -0400 (EDT)
markw@... wrote:
> Has anyone followed his writing for any length of time?
>
> He used to write a pretty tech savvy column years ago. He would discuss
> Linux and how much more stable it was over Windows. Talk about various
> technologies coming up and so on.
>
> In the last 10 years, I guess, he has turned into a complete Microsoft
> whore. One of his last columns tried to sell a Levino laptop over a MacAir
> laptop. The MacAir was cheaper and thinner and targeted a different market
> than the Levino ruggedized Laptop which cost almost twice as much.
>
> I stopped assuming his column was independent years ago. These days, it
> seems he doesn't even take the facts seriously.
I generally don't read anything by him, unless it has relevant info. I
recall him back in the early 90s with the Boston Computer Society. I
think most BCS insiders don't like Bray very much.
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