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Re: [PLUG] Microsoft in Linux Mag
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On Monday 20 August 2001 01:15, you wrote:
> not to dwell too long on the subject but if M$ wants to blow their
> advertising budget on a linux magazine I say let 'em. for the people who
> are die-hard microsofties they aren't reading linux mags and they most
> likely already have brainwashed opinions of linux (at least all the ones
> I've met have, 99% of the time without ever actually have touched a linux
> box). I kinda figure most of the people who are reading linux mags at least
> are open minded about linux or not totally in M$'s camp.
>
> I've seen many good magazines disappear over the years because of the
> fierce competition for advertising dollars and the impact of the web. I
> don't think ill of LM for accepting anyone's money within reason, I don't
> want to see them putting up ads for racist groups for example, and I doubt
> they've got oodles of cash to refuse the big bucks M$ is probably throwing
> at them.
>
> in any case my point is, let the reader form their own opinion. I would
> hope, at least, the ad makes me laugh. :-)
Yeah, that's kinda where I've settled with it, in the cold light of day. The
ad itself doesn't make me laugh as much as Microsoft's stated reasoning--
that the reason they lost market share to Linux is because people don't know
that they provide "the same service." Yeah. Right. Whatever.
Well, on to real problems like a dead car and the fact that I'm closing in a
little more than a week.
Oh, yes, and work too!
--
Omnibiblious, adj.:
Indifferent to type of drink. "Oh, you can get me anything.
I'm omnibiblious."
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