[kenjackson]

Fair enough. But Preston Gralla is certainly not like a walking MS PR firm. Compare and constrast Preston's stories with someone like John Gruber for Apple. Gruber has written maybe 100 blurbs about Apple in the past year and maybe one that was critical. Daniel Dilger is basically the same -- except maybe he hasn't yet written the critical Apple article yet.

Preston OTOH regularly writes critical MS articles, more often than he writes those that defend MS.

The author who refered to Preston as the equivalent of an MS PR firm doesn't know his history well.

[pierreminik]

I don't really follow any tech writers and my remarks are probably pretty off topic but I think it's important to recognize the differences. To some it might just be semantics but for others it's a whole world in difference because it affect their lives.

My comment is merely meant as an insignificant resistance towards the uprising of the misunderstood reflector and doubter. Far too often are people promoting division with it's constant "us"-and-"them"-rhetoric and "Either you're with us or against us"-policy. It's healthy to doubt and question.

It's exactly how hacktivists such as Anonymous are alienated and how projects such as WikiLeaks is attempted to be criminalized. Whistleblowers are not the enemy nor the ones threatening the safety of the people.