On Wednesday 06 February 2002 12:18 am, Joshua Lee wrote: > > Even Microsoft doesn't do all that much mass media advertising. A couple > of big events when a new version of the Windows virus is propagated, > and then media-wise there is silence.
Really? What part of this planet are you from? Walk into any computer store and look around, what do you see? Every new system being sold and advertised on tv is advertising M$. Every flyer selling computers is advertising M$. I can fill a whole page on how M$ aggresively markets their virii. Just pick up a computer magazine and you'll find it full of M$ dung. Talk to any K12 teacher and see what they teach their studens. Then ask them if they know anything about k12ltsp (www.k12ltsp.org) probably nothing! They can however give you a list of MSN sites and even tell you what you will find there. M$ has left "no stone unturned" when it comes to advertising its virii or dealing with its competition. To the majority FUD is an unfamiliar term, but we know how M$ used it to infect this planet. To attack a product is just another form of advertising your own. M$ manufactured FUD was always MASS MEDIA. Do you thing that M$ filled all the K12 schools with their virii out of the goodness of their heart? That was the greatest mass media push ever! They have even made inroads to comunity colleges. Three years ago I decided it was time to learn to code in C, so I enroled (Edmonton Alberta). After paying my dues I enter their programing course. Then I'm told that the C programing is only a small part of the course (15%) the rest of the course is visuall basic. It took two sessions in court to get my money back. Everywhere you look you see M$. Is that not mass media? JMHO -- Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
