• # Publi-information

    Posté par . En réponse à la dépêche Une société choisit l'ERP Open Source Compiere.. Évalué à 2.

    Linuxfr victime d'une pratique très courante : la publi-information a.k.a. PR ou public relations.
    Paul Graham explique comment ça marche : http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html(...)

    « One of the most surprising things I discovered during my brief business career was the existence of the PR industry, lurking like a huge, quiet submarine beneath the news. Of the stories you read in traditional media that aren't about politics, crimes, or disasters, more than half probably come from PR firms. »

    « Remember the exercises in critical reading you did in school, where you had to look at a piece of writing and step back and ask whether the author was telling the whole truth? If you really want to be a critical reader, it turns out you have to step back one step further, and ask not just whether the author is telling the truth, but why he's writing about this subject at all. »