[Am-info] Budweiser: Use Microsoft software or bug off

[Erick Andrews]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:44:56 -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:

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>Mark Dodel wrote:
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>> >Erick, you are assuming that it is accidental, is that right?  You are
>> >assuming no "product placement" money changed hands?
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>> If one ever heard back from them it would probably just be some blather
>> about having to meet the needs of the 95+% of internet users that use only
>> m$ systems and how they have to limit access for the best viewing of their
>> site.  In other words their web design is so broken, it would look like
>> crap in a standards compliant browser.  Or the problem may just be that
>> the person doing the work is ignorant about anything else.  Unfortuantely
>> today almost all computer related education/training is centered around
>> microcrud.  They only learn the microsoft way.
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>Again, place the blame for that where it belongs:
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>On the PC Press for failing to do their job and for reporting MS Spin instead of the truth;
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>On IBM for surrendering to MS when they had a superior product of their own.
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>John

No shit.

Erick