[Am-info] MICROSOFT WATCH

[Gene Gaines]

Hey.  I am not advocating or endorsing

  "MICROSOFT WATCH the new newsletter of investigative
  journalism about Microsoft, from Mary Jo Foley and
  Ziff Davis."

I just threw it out there, without comment, to see what
other thought.

And it was interesting to see the reactions on the list.

My own view.  "Investigative journalism."  Then I expect
Ms. Foley or her staff to be out there in the field,
doing primary research into Microsoft, its corporate
structure, its business practices, it contretemps with
other countries, its ... you get the picture.

I'll fall off my horse with surprise if that happens.
  

Gene
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com

On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 8:08:30 PM, Gene wrote:



> Dear Technology Professional,

> You're invited to be one of the first to receive 
> MICROSOFT WATCH, the new newsletter of investigative
> journalism about Microsoft, from Mary Jo Foley and 
> Ziff Davis.  

> Click here now and try it free:
> http://announce.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eQJO0CttII0HE50m4I0As

> If getting advance, un-"spun" information and insight about
> Microsoft is important to you, you'll love MICROSOFT WATCH.

> *  What if you'd known -- a month in advance -- that
> Microsoft was putting all its development on hold to focus
> on security?

> *  Or when they told partners in the CRM space they had no
> intent to compete with them, you knew Microsoft had quietly
> put hundreds of developers to work creating its own CRM
> product?

> *  Or you had early word of Microsoft's plan to launch C#,
> despite public protests that it had no intent to launch a
> major new programming language?

> With MICROSOFT WATCH you get the full advance benefit of the
> award-winning investigative journalism of Mary Jo Foley. 
> Mary Jo's turned in landmark coverage of Microsoft for the
> last eight years for technology sites and magazines --
> probably the most fame, and hot water, in three years
> writing "At the Evil Empire" for ZDNet.

> MICROSOFT WATCH makes one simple promise.  You'll get
> important, reliable, inside information and insight when
> Mary Jo digs it out of Microsoft, before we publish it on
> our sites or in our magazines.  

> Simply: you get Mary Jo's scoops first.  Expect two, or
> more, new issues every week, delivered via email. 

> For more information and to try MICROSOFT WATCH free:
> http://announce.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eQJO0CttII0HE50m4I0As

> If you're a Microsoft competitor or partner, if you're a
> technology investor, or if you and your business rely on
> Microsoft technology -- we think you'll find a lot to like
> with MICROSOFT WATCH.  Try it free now!

> Many thanks,


> Steve Sutton
> for Microsoft Watch

> PS.  With Microsoft stepping up its business-application
> software presence and continuously shifting everything from
> Windows delivery dates, to its .Net strategy rollout plans,
> there's no better time to subscribe.  In fact this special
> introductory offer comes with a deadline: please reply no 
> later than May 20, 2002.



> Gene Gaines
> gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
> Sterling, Virginia 

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