On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 05:40, Robert Derman wrote: > Robert Derman replies: The whole point, which I am still not sure that > Ian gets from the wording of his replies, is that since the demise of > BYTE,
I used to read Byte and I hardly play any games ever. Only rugby ;-) > MaximumPC is the favorite magazine of the HARD CORE hardware > geeks. The editorial staff of MPC is not known for handing out praise > liberally, and they have in fact been known to brutally diss a product > oposite a full page add for the same product. Many MBAs would call that > stupid too, but it* is* one way to earn the trust of hardware geeks. I was using the word stupid as a rational not an emotional description. Sure they might be a good target and a help to marketing OOo, a general attitude that no computer with a CPU speed < 3 GHz is worth using is in absolute rational terms stupid but then they are making their judgement emotionally rather than rationally. > The point being if MaximumPC gives you one of their highest awards it is > SIGNIFICANT! Its useful publicity, I agree. > Many important people in the computer and IT fields are > regular readers of MPC, and the Softie Awards are very prominent! This > WILL get noticed, and IMHO this is some of the best publicity that OOo > has gotten so far! That is a bit debateable. Its certainly useful and the momentum keeps building so the more publicity the better, even from "stupid" people :-) Note I have been using :-)s. Maybe this should go to Social if followed up? -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
