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by alephnerd 757 days ago
They are not snarky and they very gladly work with corporates as well.

Look at all the sponsored content they have from ZTE, as well as all the Nutanix specific articles because of Nutanix .NEXT

Snark is fine if you are evenhanded by being snarky about everyone, but it ain't great if you're clearly picking and choosing and deciding to take money from vendors.

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They lost the fun snark and just went pissy and needlessly edgelordy 10 years ago.

It’s not the great site it was in the 90s anymore when it was fair, balanced and fun, along with having accurate news.

Yep. They're not a must read like they were then, and like Computer Weekly were in the 90s, but I'm still glad they're around to provide slight balance to all the regurgitated press releases.

Mike McGee was a legend.

Mind that i said 'corporate speak' as referring to the tone of the articles. Not referring to who they do or don't take money from...