From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 18 12:15:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA13451 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 12:15:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA13438 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 19:15:32 GMT (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA27116 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org); Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:15:24 +0200 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.7/8.6.12) id VAA14407; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:16:21 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199804181916.VAA14407@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: makes you wonder... To: rene@tcja.nl (Rene 'Freeze' de Vries), freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:16:20 +0200 (MET DST) X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-Pgp-Info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Found this on the Usenet. True? Wilko -------- Stung by the public relations fallout from antitrust investigations of its business practices, Microsoft Corp. has secretly been planning a massive media campaign designed to influence state investigators by creating the appearance of a groundswell of public support for the company. The elaborate plan, outlined in confidential documents obtained by The Times, hinges on a number of unusual-and some say unethical-tactics, including the planting of articles, letters to the editor and opinion pieces to be commissioned by Microsoft's top media handlers but presented by local firms as spontaneous testimonials. .... Even in the modern world of corporate spin control, the proposed plan is unusual in its scope, tactics and targets. The campaign is beibeing choreographed by Edelman Public Relations, a giant PR firm with close ties to Microsoft. But sources said it is designed to appear not as a major thrust by Microsoft or Edelman, but as an eruption of grass-roots support. .... Opinion pieces are to be written by freelance writers, and perhaps a "national economist," according to one document. The writers would be paid with costs "billed to Microsoft as an out-of-pocket expense." .... Los Angeles Times, 10 april 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message