This adage applies equally well in any political situation, which by definition is whenever one organized group is trying to influence voters and thereby take control. Of course it is.
Users vote with their wallets.
And this week, the dark horse candidate is Microsoft's X-Box. X-Box is Microsoft's proposed game machine that was announced without much detail a few months ago. I wrote about X-Box back then, making the point that just because Microsoft announces something doesn't mean we'll actually see it come to market. I saw the X-Box as a way of distracting game developers from writing games for Sony's PlayStation 2. Now we are three weeks away from the PlayStation 2 U.S. rollout, and suddenly there are technical details of X-Box available to write stories and columns about.