Re: Hatch wants Gates back

["Eric M. Bennett" <ericb@pobox.com>]

Mitch Stone wrote:
>Granted, the public could show more interest. But this may be a chicken &
>egg problem, and media's chicken should come before the public's egg. The
>media's job is to discover and inform, not to feed back what they think
>the public already knows or wants.

The industry press is doing a pretty good job.  Much better than a year
ago.  I suppose I would be overly optimistic if I predicted that this would
automatically filter down to the general media.

Of course, while the industry press is writing about Microsoft and the
problems it poses, it still gives very little thought to what possible
solutions could be implemented.  Lots of editorials say "I'm mad as hell!"
and seem to assume that Bill will be a good boy after reading the article
and change his ways without legal pressure.




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the last.  But it is the last straw. . . . Users who do install it do so at
their own risk, and IS departments are not offering support.
- Scot Petersen, PC Week Magazine