__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 06:54 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 February 2007 18:49 \__
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Microsoft's bold march towards open source
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| Microsoft is labouring under a delusion. While the rest of the world
>>>>| thinks of it as a software company, it prefers to consider itself
>>>>| a government department. How else to see its latest scheme whereby,
>>>>| if you ignore its questions, it will report you to its private
>>>>| paid-for policemen at the Business Software Alliance?
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002208,39285719,00.htm
>>>>
>>>> Many of the links below illustrate how Microsoft manipulates local and
>>>> foreign authorities.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Even zed dee net are tacking into the wind here...
>>
>> Notice the name of this subdomain (they have 'opinion' and 'community').
>> Most of their article are percolating from C|Net, which has /heavy/
>> Microsoft bias not just in advertising, but also in terms of content. And
>> they are not even ashamed of it! Maybe it's their "patriotic duty".
>>
>
> Zed Dee have always been more than a little Pro-MS, but this does seem
> to have been slowly changing over the years.
Every publication must evolve to weigh the readers' requirements. The
monetary factor (advertisements) is suffering when the readership is no
longer there, so a good point of balance is that which doesn't repel the
readers and at the same time gets the sweet spot of the advertisers. 'Get
the Facts' has been battered so many times before, so I can imagine alarm
bells ringing in the editor's/publisher's head when a placement is proposed.
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~~ Best wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | "Double your drive space - delete Windows"
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