[Am-info] MICROSOFT WATCH

[John J. Urbaniak]

Paul Rickard wrote:

> ========== On 2002.05.15 08:55 AM, Gene Gaines typed: ============
>
> >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.
>
>    MJF has always been reliable to write articles against Microsoft, but
> she never has to leave her office to do it... Foley's success (or lack
> thereof) is apparently based solely on some well placed sources and media
> contacts. And she's pulled punches many times when Microsoft should have
> been knocked out cold by the potential of her material.
>

She never pulled any punches regarding OS/2.

John