Re: Hatch wants Gates back

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Robin on 7/19/98 1:22 AM ---

>I disagree. The print media editors I know don't lack guts
>or foresight. They simply don't understand the MS vs. the
>World issues. Half of them are complete computer
>illiterates. The other half lose files, and call me and beg
>for help. I won't even mention TV reporters. The lack of
>technical competence and understanding I see in that
>business is so low that...

Well, that's the nub of the crux, isn't it? Reporters and editor are 
supposed to be quick studies on a whole range of issues they didn't 
previously understand. That's their job, provided they take it seriously. 
But the press, like so many other people, are being buffaloed by the 
technocrats into thinking that these issues are simply beyond their ken.

   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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