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

[T. Guilbert]

In a message dated 2004 January 21 (Wednesday), timestamp 08:12 PM, 
   on the topic Re: [Am-info] Budweiser:  Use Microsoft software or
bug off,
   "Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net> wrote:

"|>>"|You'd think a corporation their size could afford good web design.
"|>
"|>>Erick, you are assuming that it is accidental, is that right?  You are
"|>>assuming no "product placement" money changed hands?

"|Mr T, I assume nothing.  Could you please elucidate more because I'm
"|a bit off on what you're asking what is accidental.  

You implied that Anheuser-Busch has a non-compliant site because it
did not pay enough for "good web design," not because A-B _wanted_ the
site that way. 

"|Sorry, I missed
"|your  point suggesting the "product placement", honestly.  

If you go to a James Bond movie, it is no accident that Bond drives a
BMW.  BMW paid the producers of the movie good money for that product
placement.  BMW paid a lot of money to have Minis rolling everywhere
in "The Italian Job."  When Tom Cruise pops open a can of soft drink,
the label always faces the camera, and Cruise's hand is placed so as
not to obscure it.  

How much is it worth to Microsoft that when you try to access a
website with no MS software on your system, you are denied access, and
you receive an error message that in effect tells you that you are a
second-class citizen and mentions three groups of Microsoft users who
are granted access? 

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