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)
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:54:20 GMT

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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