Sys-Con, Andy Oliver, Me... enough

It's gotten old. There's no point in continuing to hold a grudge for me because of it.

The article you're talking about, for one thing, preceded my tenure at JDJ. I never had anything to do with it. I didn't "apologize" because it wasn't my responsibility. I tried to tell you that. I also explained it from Sys-Con's viewpoint, which should have been pretty clear.

Even at that, Sys-Con doesn't "owe" you fair time. You wrote a POI article that the responsible editor (not me, BTW) rejected. I won't say why because I don't know why. If you have a problem with that, take it up with him, not me. Your personal issues with me are acceptable; however, stop assigning every evil done to you by Sys-Con to me, because I didn't have anything to do with it.

For the record, I don't consider advertisers when news is posted.

At JDJ, advertisers were actively discouraged from writing articles. (Distinct pro-open-source bias, note. We rejected articles that were tied to specific technology.)

At TSS, we also don't consider advertisers when we post content. Ever. Institutionally. The bar for a commercial product is higher than for a free product, in fact, because commercial products are harder to communicate value with. ("Here's a download!" is a better value than "It's for sale.")

My... uh, "rant-story," by the way, didn't include any rants. I was being very careful to represent things factually, including my own resignation over a similar issue with Sys-Con. If I'd not added that disclosure, it would have... v iolated journalistic ethics, because I'd have not disclosed my own relationship and history with one of the entities involved. If you think that's ranting, I suggest you go look up the word.

No ethics, Andy? Well, the mirror's there. I can look into it.