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FWIW I (as the editor of LWN and the author of the article) do not mind the posting of this link. It has brought in 16,000 people (at last count), many of whom
by corbet 13y ago
FWIW I (as the editor of LWN and the author of the article) do not mind the posting of this link. It has brought in 16,000 people (at last count), many of whom are probably unfamiliar with LWN. Some subscriptions have been sold in the process.
Certainly I don't want large amounts of our content to be distributed this way, but an occasional posting that puts an LWN article at #1 on HN is going to do us far more good than harm.
(That said, I do appreciate your concern!)
- nnnnni 13y agoHey, look at that! A smart, forward-looking attitude! I really need to renew my subscription. I let it lapse a while ago due to a lack of free time. I think that this may convince me that I need to move it up higher on my list of priorities!
- MBCook 13y agoI've been addicted to the kernel page since I first found out about it 10+ years ago. When they put up the pay wall it looks than a month before I cave and subscribed so I wouldn't have to wait. I read the kernel page and front page religiously, and read bits of the others. I can't imagine how many things I've learned following the kernel's development. But the mailing lists are HUGE and thus hard to follow. LWN makes keeping up possible.
- fintler 13y agoAs the submitter, this is very good to hear. This is also the first link from LWN that I've submitted to HN in a few years. Thanks for running an awesome site.