Speculating something might be happening isn't necessarily slanderous,
but it's certainly a low blow, and unless you have evidence about
something going on it really doesn't have any business on the list. If I
hadn't been moderating the list from my cellphone I wouldn't have
posted it.
Executive Director wrote:
" microsoft in the past has resorted to all sorts of underhanded
tactics. i don't know if they're resorting to paying barnes and noble to
not stock openoffice.org books, but it would not surprise me if they were."
Phil,
Saying something like this as fact and not as an opinion, not to mention no
factual backup, is irresponsible and slanderous. It has no place on this
list in my view.
Mike
*************************
Michael F. Pitsch
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Shapiro
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DDN] user demand for openoffice 2.0 books
hi Digital Divide Network community -
the most talented author of books about openoffice, solveig haughland,
blogs that barnes and nobles is telling her publisher that there is no real
demand for openoffice books and that they won't stock her excellent new
openoffice 2.0 book.
see http://openoffice.blogs.com/
microsoft in the past has resorted to all sorts of underhanded
tactics. i
don't know if they're resorting to paying barnes and noble to not stock
openoffice.org books, but it would not surprise me if they were.
you can do something about this if you live in the united states (or
canada.) simply call your local barnes and noble bookstore and inquire if
they
sell any books about openoffice.org
you can bet barnes and nobles keeps track of what books people are
asking
for. please don't call barnes and nobles unless you actually would buy an
openoffice book. i'm not asking folks to create an artificial demand for
the
book. i'm just asking folks to speak up if this new openoffice.org book
(and
other openoffice.org books) are something you would want to see on a barnes
and
noble bookstore shelf.
- phil
Digg http://tinyurl.com/fknbx
Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro
http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com
http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
"Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates
"Learning happens through gentleness."
_______________________________________________
DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list
DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org
http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide
To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
_______________________________________________
DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list
DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org
http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide
To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE
in the body of the message.
--
--------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
--------------------------------
_______________________________________________
DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list
DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org
http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide
To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE
in the body of the message.
