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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Willie Dee and writing letters. (was Re: >>An example of Dell's)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.185420.15980@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Jul27.203323.25102@crd.ge.com> <qhmmtpd@dixie.com> <1992Jul29.172500.13263@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <vbpmfcd@dixie.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:54:20 GMT
- Lines: 74
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- In <vbpmfcd@dixie.com> jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
-
- >mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
-
- >>>( To everyone else other than Bill and his buddy above, ME is a really
- >>>whippy little magazine, combining small business and technical
- >>>information in one package. If you're thinking about developing
- >>>a product or starting a business, the magazine is a must. )
-
- >>Also, I think that closing
- >>paragraph probably comes damned close to commercial use of the net,
- >>since you obviously have a stake in the magazine (writing for it and
- >>all).
-
- >Damn close? I tried to make that as overt an advertisement as I could.
- >Guess I need to work on my copyrighting skills a bit, huh?
-
- You seem to have LOTS of skills you need to develop, John.
-
- >>Well, then, since you make no effort at all to be objective, I guess
- >>you're the kind of 'journalist' that gives the profession such a bad
- >>name. And here I've always been under the impression that GOOD
- >>journalists tried to be objective and get all the facts first. Of
- >>course, that could very well still be the case. Of course, in that
- >>case we have to not include you in the genre of 'good journalist'.
-
- >Good, because I'm not a journalist. I am a writer and publisher.
- >I do not write newscopy. I usually write a blend of fact and opinion.
- >Until someone manages to pass a law to the contrary, I can express any
- >opinion I so desire and I so desire to fairly often.
-
- Ah, but t'would be nice if your opinions were based on fact rather
- than being the final outcome of efforts to 'blackmail'.
-
- >>>This Dell incident will make an excellent case study. Whether said study
- >>>shows a company which agressively attacks a problem and solves it or
- >>>whether the company plays ostrich at the first sign of controversy is
- >>>still up in the air, though the events of the last 24 hours give me hope.
- >>>I'm writing my article right now so do hurry.
-
- >>Absolute evidence on just what kind of 'journalist' you are. You
- >>really DO think you're Jerry Pournelle, don't you?
-
- >Nah. Jerry writes for Byte and I write elsewhere. He and I would
- >probably get along, though. We seem to have similar _Opinions_
- >regarding vendor support.
-
- Also similar opinions regarding your own omniscience coupled with a
- total willingness to corrupt any semblance of integrity for your own
- aggrandizement and total obvliviousness to reality. Urinologists like
- you give the entire profession the bad name they have in most other
- quarters.
-
- >>Well, John, I
- >>don't know how Dell feels about this (although I certainly hope they
- >>reconsider the decision to be less forthcoming on the net that folks
- >>like you [afraid descriptive terms simply failed me, there] have
- >>forced them into, but as far as I'm concerned, you can take your
- >>'article' and, well, . . . be very careful not to get papercuts when
- >>you do it, anyway.
-
- >Thank you very much. And when it comes back out, maybe I'll send it
- >to you. Should fit your local landscape fairly well. Or at
- >least smell the same. Oh my, another opinion. I simply MUST stop
- >that.
-
- No, by all means, please continue. It's a pleasure to watch you try
- to perform a tonsilectomy on yourself using only your feet.
-
- --
- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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- Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
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