http://cdixon.org/2009/04/08/nytimes-gets-computer-security-wrong-again/ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cdixon.org/2009/04/08/nytimes-gets-computer-security-wrong-again/comment-page-1/#comment-5848 Anonymous Penguin Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:19:49 +0000 http://www.cdixon.org/?p=152#comment-5848 All the techies I know - and it's a reasonably large though perhaps very skewed sample - use Linux. Although obviously I would agree with your comments regarding relative security of Unix-based systems vs. Windows, why would a real techie want to use something as locked down as a Mac? All the techies I know – and it’s a reasonably large though perhaps very skewed sample – use Linux. Although obviously I would agree with your comments regarding relative security of Unix-based systems vs. Windows, why would a real techie want to use something as locked down as a Mac?

]]> http://cdixon.org/2009/04/08/nytimes-gets-computer-security-wrong-again/comment-page-1/#comment-879 dazhi chen Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:18:42 +0000 http://www.cdixon.org/?p=152#comment-879 hey chris, according to my coworker who used to be in PR, the reason that even the NYT published such a poor article is because they didn't read it. apparently, what PR firms do today is to essentially pre-write articles and send them to the papers magazines - leading many to become disillusioned with mainstream press, and to turn to bloggers instead. writers are so busy and understaffed that they often just take the pre-written pieces from the PR firms, repackage them, and go to print. i think, every article about a new product/service was probably fed to the papers by PR firms. to me, they often read almost like an advert. dazhi hey chris,
according to my coworker who used to be in PR, the reason that even the NYT published such a poor article is because they didn’t read it. apparently, what PR firms do today is to essentially pre-write articles and send them to the papers magazines – leading many to become disillusioned with mainstream press, and to turn to bloggers instead. writers are so busy and understaffed that they often just take the pre-written pieces from the PR firms, repackage them, and go to print. i think, every article about a new product/service was probably fed to the papers by PR firms. to me, they often read almost like an advert.
dazhi

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