Evidence of 'Counterattack' Lacking as Linux Conference Convenes
You probably already know the secret to getting a headline broadcast louder through Google News: take the main subject lines and pair them with a verb that denotes violence or tragedy. I discovered this myself with headlines that contain mix "Microsoft" or "open source" with the verb "derail."
Yesterday, Reuters scored an aggregation coup by pairing "Linux" and "Microsoft" with the verb "counterattack," resulting in a story that rocketed to the top of the hit list without a beat or a melody to it, and whose inaccurate derivatives were snatched up even by local television.
But bloggers who are actually there at a conference organized by the Linux Foundation, which convened yesterday on the campus of Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, tell a much more realistic story of a business-oriented, developer-centered event. On tap are sessions which deal with pertinent questions like how to generate interest in writing big applications for Linux, and how to incite cooperation between various distro vendors.
Perhaps some attendees do think of Microsoft as "the enemy," as yesterday's Reuters piece suggested; but judging from the first reports from the conference itself, it's being treated more like the 90-ton elephant in the room - in other words, the subject that let's not talk about now because the kids are here and we don't want to frighten them. If this really is a war room, the generals and admirals don't seem to be saying much about the enemy.
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