-=> On 01-02-98  21:41, Justin Baustert did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to David Hartung concerning Re: Gates vs Reno     01/ <=-
 DH> So? why is this Microsoft's problem? the competitors are
 DH> there, and it is not the fault of Microsoft if they don't
 DH> do as good a job of marketing their product. This is basic
 DH> economics, if you don't do a competent job of marketing
 DH> your product, then someone else will get the business. 
 JB> You didn't know that Microsoft owns stock in most of the
 JB> marketing media available, and doesn't allow competitors to
 JB> receive recognition?  Every Ziff-Davis mag is controlled by
 JB> Microsoft.. 
ROTFLMAO! Your paranoia is amusing, Justin. Unless
Micro$oft is a *majority* stockholder, it has no control
other than that produced by the ad revenues it pays... and
Micro$oft certainly *isn't* the major advertiser in any
computer mag I've seen recently, other than for the
occassional single issue. 
As for Ziff-Davis, I just picked up a 1,200pp, 2CD volume
of shareware published by them. Strange that Micro$oft
would allow that if they had the powers you attribute to
them. 
... Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups. -- Wethern's Law
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