Re: Poll finds widespread support for Microsoft

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 1/7/99 4:16 PM ---

>A poll by Citizens for Sound Economy shows that 81% of Americans think
>Microsoft is good for consumers.  CSE declined to answer questions about
>the poll, including questions about whether Microsoft has ever funded CSE.
>But Microsoft officials claim to be unfamiliar with CSE.

Reminds me of "The Committee for the Moral Defense of Microsoft," 
apparently a small and hastily cobbled together group of radical free 
marketers we thankfully hear little about any more. Conducting a survey, 
publishing a web site and issuing a press release does not credibility 
make -- that should still take time and the establishment of a track 
record. If only the press would keep this simple fact in mind, the signal 
to noise ratio would be much more tolerable.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net