____/ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on Tuesday 20 November 2007 06:54 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>>> It's a shame that they did this, I think. It will go down in the
>>> history books as one of the most unpleasant episodes in the US's
>>> corporate computing history.
>
>> Corporation write history the way they like it (Gates controls not only
>> media, but computing museums/libraries too), so history won't be told the
>> way it really happened.
>
> Roy... It's no longer true that "the winners write the history books"
> The internet put a stop to that, now we get ALL sides of the story, whether
> we want them or not.
>
> As long as someone archives the internet, history is safe from tampering.
> Oh, and microsoft might have its fingers in the news media...
> But does it have any fingers in the book publishing pie?
The Internet is changing quickly and I fear that with all that censorship there
will be access tiers, not just speed tiers. There's also the issue of
visibility in the seas of information, but I generally agree with you. The
Internet is great because of wealth and diversity of opinions. Sadly, some
companies buy lots of 'opinions' too (placements/inoformecials). Vis-a-vis
astroturfing, Google has finally cracked down on these pay2post/review scum.
Good riddance! Their PR dropped to nill a fortnight ago.
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~~ Best of wishes
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