This article is really shallowly and poorly-written, like one of those cheap "pop science" magazines. I wish Computer Science wasn't affected by this sort of bottom-of-the-barrel journalism.

The author embellishes, makes sweeping inaccurate statements (that users only care about price and buying the cheapest product? that's patently untrue in any field), and dismisses technical excellence (like strong static typing) as meaningless. Terrible.

In my opinion, LWN is the gold standard of good technical journalism (on fairly-advanced topics, like operating system).

Hope more folk emulate LWN.