Ed Leafe <> wrote: > I guess you missed the part where these laptops where expressly > *not* sent to the bloggers for review purposes. They went out of > their way to make it clear that there was absolutely no requirement > that a review of any sort be done, much less published. It was a gift > in every sense of the word.
Missed that point when made. > > Publications regularly review software, and invite the companies to > show it off in its best light. Big packages such as SQL Server or > Oracle aren't reviewed by sending off a disk and having an > inexperienced reviewer try to figure it out; instead, the companies > send teams with experience and the necessary hardware to install, > configure, and optimize the setup. When the review is concluded, the > publication keeps neither the software nor the hardware - nor do they > keep the techs. Maybe someone could chain up Ellison instead of letting him go back? hehehehehe > Oh. So $100 is an ethical no-no, but a $2K+ laptop is just hunky- > dory. Do you teach your kids that if a stranger offers you $100 to > get in the car with him, don't do it, but if he offers you a > state-of- the-art laptop, it's OK? If you think so. > Sorry, but all your attempts at focusing on Microsoft's ethics > doesn't distract me from the main point of this discussion: any > blogger who accepted this gift and didn't immediately disclose that > fact in their writings is unethical. Why? What ethics do bloggers have? Swift Boaters come to mind. Blogging is just hot air for the most part. Some people are so prolific that you have to think how they have the time to spew as much as they can on a multi sections for a day. Do you want to see a "fine print law" enacted for truth in blogs? Come on Ed, you have to get out of your fairy land and back to real life. Bloggers are usually self funded, they don't have editors who can oversee inaccurate statements and in general they are all about a personal agenda/ego that you either follow them or not. This is all in comparison to professional writers with a variety of publications Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.1/611 - Release Date: 12/31/2006 12:47 PM _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
