Might be worth reading Michael's actual posts, I don't think he talked about "wanting out" other than maybe from the business side.
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Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostMichael has posted before that he wanted to retire and let other people take over Phoronix. Then he posted that he was running into trouble making that happen.
I have no idea if he was actually trying to "sell" Phoronix or not, but he clearly wants out.
The constant harping on AdBlock since that time has made me wonder if he's trying to boost revenue numbers for a potential sale, but that's admittedly speculation. It could be he just wants to bring in a few people to write content for free and can't find them.
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Originally posted by bridgman View PostMight be worth reading Michael's actual posts, I don't think he talked about "wanting out" other than maybe from the business side.
Imho, I think Michael is one of the best mods/forum admins/owners I've ever come across if not the best. I don't know of any other site where so much freedom is allowed. There's content here that would be be removed at other places. I think a lot of the whining babies should give Michael a break.
I'll take the liberal philosophy that seems to exist in this forum and tons of ads if that's what is included.
I concur with Q and a few others: how come some of us have no problem with the ads while others feel they are suffocating with them?
I'm not sure what the Premium members get since I thought they don't get the ads then.
But, I don't feel I need to use adblock at this site. There's tons of forums and computer-based sites that have ads. All these places need to generate revenues somehow.
If you want to criticize the articles that's something different.
Someone suggested that this article (in this thread) should have had a few modifications such as TOCs since it was 30-something pages. That would have been very useful. Probably more work but it would have made it convenient to go to certain sections and know what/where the topics were. 'Have to admit it, it is a good idea and is used on other sites with their articles.
With that all said, imho, I think we should get back to the topic and if people want to complain about ads, maybe do it in a separate thread or directly?
Anyway, that's my two cents. Very minor complaints from me and more like suggestions, really.
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Originally posted by Panix View PostI hope not.
Imho, I think Michael is one of the best mods/forum admins/owners I've ever come across if not the best. I don't know of any other site where so much freedom is allowed. There's content here that would be be removed at other places. I think a lot of the whining babies should give Michael a break.
I'll take the liberal philosophy that seems to exist in this forum and tons of ads if that's what is included.
I concur with Q and a few others: how come some of us have no problem with the ads while others feel they are suffocating with them?
I'm not sure what the Premium members get since I thought they don't get the ads then.
But, I don't feel I need to use adblock at this site. There's tons of forums and computer-based sites that have ads. All these places need to generate revenues somehow.
If you want to criticize the articles that's something different.
Someone suggested that this article (in this thread) should have had a few modifications such as TOCs since it was 30-something pages. That would have been very useful. Probably more work but it would have made it convenient to go to certain sections and know what/where the topics were. 'Have to admit it, it is a good idea and is used on other sites with their articles.
With that all said, imho, I think we should get back to the topic and if people want to complain about ads, maybe do it in a separate thread or directly?
Anyway, that's my two cents. Very minor complaints from me and more like suggestions, really.
What this means is that maybe we need a change. Michael would benefit with a vote with a forum thread, on what features people want in his articles. He's ultimately the main person that will know what direction he's heading with the site.
- More professionally written content, with ToC (table of contents), introduction -> content -> conclusion
- Less intrusive advertising
- Some kind of optional facebook integration
Anyone else like to add? Probably should start a forum thread. x)
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Interesting comparison(I mean the thread topic). I find the CPU load numbers quite puzzling, 3-5 times lover than catalyst. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...berfest&num=36
I somehow had the idea the open source drivers would be CPU limited. No multithreading with catalyst too, load < 25% for a 4 core CPU? I asume 100% is full CPU utilisation. Would be great if one of the driver developers could comment on this.
To the Phoronix and Michael critics: Stop derailing the thread! Want to whine about it? Get you a fscking blog!
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Originally posted by b15hop View PostA few good points. You're right that it's better to have poor style and plenty of content rather than no content and plenty of style. Too much style and no content is usually known as bling. Leave bling to M$ and Apple. Where else would most of us go for such content anyway? Pretty much no where... So either Phoronix evolves, which it has done in the past. Or it stays the same.
What this means is that maybe we need a change. Michael would benefit with a vote with a forum thread, on what features people want in his articles. He's ultimately the main person that will know what direction he's heading with the site.
- More professionally written content, with ToC (table of contents), introduction -> content -> conclusion
- Less intrusive advertising
- Some kind of optional facebook integration
Anyone else like to add? Probably should start a forum thread. x)
another think that would be useful is an article target or tags to discern the target audience of the article like:
1. The Most Comprehensive AMD Radeon Linux Graphics Comparison --- Techies, Mesa dev, GPU lovers, etc
2. Desura Game Platform Goes Into Beta On Linux --- Gamers, Techies, buyer, average consumer
that way you can be warned of what type complexity the information have and if is in your interest to read, which i think will reduce dramatically the number of whiners
about the whiners i dare you to point me out another site which at least has 10% of the information richness about linux and alikes
beside phoronix (The H maybe but most articles about OSS are from phoronix and linux.com follow the same direction)
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Originally posted by log0 View PostInteresting comparison(I mean the thread topic). I find the CPU load numbers quite puzzling, 3-5 times lover than catalyst. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...berfest&num=36
I somehow had the idea the open source drivers would be CPU limited. No multithreading with catalyst too, load < 25% for a 4 core CPU? I asume 100% is full CPU utilisation. Would be great if one of the driver developers could comment on this.
To the Phoronix and Michael critics: Stop derailing the thread! Want to whine about it? Get you a fscking blog!
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Originally posted by jrch2k8 View Postabout the whiners i dare you to point me out another site which at least has 10% of the information richness about linux and alikes
beside phoronix (The H maybe but most articles about OSS are from phoronix and linux.com follow the same direction)
If you use RSS aggregation and subsribe to some planets like freedesktop or fedora and subscribe to some of the above mailing lists (filtered in gmail) you'll find you get all the info of this site
Michael doesn't pull these articles out of his ass (even though sometimes they may read like they have)
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