Re: Hatch wants Gates back

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 7/18/98 10:56 PM ---

>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.

I'd give the industry press about a C-, up from a generous D- two years 
ago. The mass media still rates an F, and shows no interests in 
improvement.

>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.

>From "hear no evil-speak no evil" to futility -- not much progress there. 
Still, I see little or no discussion, even in the industry press, on the 
implications of Microsoft's spreading monopoly.

   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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   A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man 
   follows the public opinion. --- Chinese Proverb