[Am-info] Boston Globe piece this AM

[Erick Andrews]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:09:38 +0100, Jeff Wasel wrote:

>I don't think it's so much a matter of shame as it is one of ignorance and
>sloth. I've seen enough pundit press to conclude that often the "source"
>tends to be as much urban myth as fact. I thought the piece was fairly
>balanced, given that Computer World and Information Week have said roughly
>the same thing. I sent him (the Globe's columnist) a note echoing T.
>Guilbert's observation about nerdiness and usability vs. reliability; I used
>Apache as an example of the Linux model as a pillar of reliability, so let's
>see what he comes back with...
>
>Hope all you folks are doing well-
>
>Jeff
>

If he does, and it's OK, please post it here.  Thanks.

I was interviewed by a Boston Globe person (a journalist?
a correspondent?  Dunno.  A reporter, I guess) 6 years ago about 
high tech issues and Microsoft came up.  After I was castigated 
by the reporter because I felt that MS set the computer industry 
back several years with their monopoly and poor quality products, 
I've come to realized that the popular press types certainly don't
have a monopoly on critical thinking.  I mean this reporter
was animating how wonderful MS was without regard to 
any concept of objectivity.  I let it sleep.

-- 
Erick Andrews