OSNews

"That's your mistake, sitharus. OSNews is run by volunteers, not journalists, and we publish submissions by our readers, many including experiences with OSes (countless), OS companies (plenty of those too), and even hardware vendors (like NAS devices). If you're a reagular reader, you'd know that opinion pieces show up on the site regularly."

First, your wrong. OSNews may be run by volunteers, but that doesn't mean I don't have the right to complain about poor submissions. When I purchased my membership to OSNews, I was buying a membership for a news site (Maybe "News" in the title isn't enough of a clue...).

I didn't renew my membership because of crap like this. It's one thing to sit their and explain why something is wrong, or review a company, but it's another thing entirely to just say "yes" to every submission of significant length that is sent in.

So, as a "customer" of OSNews, I also have every right to complain (as it says even on this site!) that this content is crap.

OSNews has the potential to be a wonderful news source. But really, even SlashDot doens't stoop to articles like this. The execuse of being "volunteer-driven"; I will remember that the next time someone complains about OSS, and lack of support, documents, or ease-of-use. After all, it's volunteer driven. That's what OSNews uses as it's excuse.