Second Question. (Score 1)

I'm dissappointed in the way Katz answered the second question posed to him. In general, the way I view his writing is more or less what is stated in the question itself. That's not to say he never writes anything interesting, but it really does seem to be a simplification and regurgitation of what has already been said on slashdot. Particularly frustrating are the inconsistencies in the answer. He basically states he diasagrees, and after briefly attacking the question writer goes on to say that he doesn't write for the lay person, because there are no lay people on Slashdot. Then totally contradicts himself by suggesting his readership is composed of entirely different technical backgrounds (Programmers to housewives.) To me this implys that there are in fact lay people reading his work. Further on he says that his purpose is to make what is happening understandable (presumably to the lay person, since people within technology probably understand most of the issues fairly well anyway.) But that's exactly the characterization of his writing he started off by disagreeing with. Basically, to sum up, I'm not sure he entirely understands his target audience, or really knows who his target audience is, which was the point of the question in the first place, a point he seemed to totally miss.