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

[Erick Andrews]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:26:50 -0800, T. Guilbert wrote:

>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. 

Yes, that's it, I did indeed.  Now I understand you.  I still think they're
stupid, or some such.

>
>"|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.  

Sounds right.  I'm not influenced by that, either.  In fact, I have developed
so much tunnel vision with webpage popups, glitzy sparklers and crawlers,
I just don't see them anymore.

BTW, I thought 007 drove an Aston Martin by David Brown.

>
>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? 

Uh, I think I'd call that 'arrogance'?  I have other words, but they'd
get filtered before you read them, unless you have a different account
than what your kids have.

To be sure, I have no MS software on my systems...for over 4 years now.
When I run into poo like the A-B webpages, it's usually unimportant
else I can always go to the local library where there are still nice people.

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