[Am-info] MICROSOFT WATCH

[Joe Barr]

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Aren't you confusing Mary Jo with the now ex-editor of InfoWorld whose
name escapes me?




On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 21:59, Mike Stephen wrote:
> Mary Jo Foley.  How many os2 users remember her name.  It went
> down in infany.  Mark Jo Foley was responsible for throwing
> out the vote that gave OS/2 Warp the aware for the most
> innovative software (for the third time).  After winning it
> twice in a row, Foley had it thrown out when for the third
> time OS/2 was held in the highest regard by the users and
> readers.  Rather than have it keep the award three years in a
> row, Mary threw out the results and decided that NT would have
> the award.
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> Every Year Foley would announce the death of OS/2 From 1995
> onwards we could count on Foley doing her best for the minions
> at Microsoft.  At ever possible point she would advocate that
> OS/2 is dead....
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> Thanks Mary.... for your support!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Rickard" <pr@ms-bc.com>
> To: "AM-INFO" <am-info@lists.essential.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Am-info] MICROSOFT WATCH
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> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D On 2002.05.14 09:56 PM, Geoffrey typed:
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >
> > >>     Hmm... They charge $400 a year for that e-mail thing.
> That motivates
> > >> me to put out MSBC newsletters again, maybe I should
> start charging for
> > >> them. Blegh, I'm burnt out on the whole thing. *sighs*
> </WHINE>
> > >
> > >You're kidding right?  $400??  Who the hell is going to pay
> $400???
> > >Probably the DOJ....
> >
> >     Competitors, investors, parners... Not me. (but I'd
> contribute to a
> > fund that would pay to have the thing posted on AM-Info.)
> Meanwhile I
> > can't even get people to buy $15 anti-Microsoft t-shirts to
> keep down the
> > costs of running my site.
> >
> >
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Paul Rickard, Editor of The Microsoft Boycott
> Campaign =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > --------------------------------[
> Http://www.msboycott.com ]-----------
> >
> >   "Microsoft is like this intellectual roach motel: big
> brains go in
> >    and you don't see anything come out."
> >        -Paul Saffo, Institute for the Future
> >
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