From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 18 13:44:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26169 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 13:44:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu [130.126.72.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA26145 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 20:43:58 GMT (envelope-from dannyman@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu) Received: (from dannyman@localhost) by arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.5) id PAA21022; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 15:43:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980418154358.47165@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 15:43:58 -0500 From: dannyman To: Wilko Bulte , "Rene 'Freeze' de Vries" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: makes you wonder... Mail-Followup-To: Wilko Bulte , Rene 'Freeze' de Vries , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199804181916.VAA14407@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199804181916.VAA14407@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 09:16:20PM +0200 X-Loop: djhoward@uiuc.edu X-URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 09:16:20PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Found this on the Usenet. True? > 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. Maybe we and Linux could sue them for stealing our ideas? :) -- // dannyman yori aiokomete || Our Honored Symbol deserves \\/ http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ || an Honorable Retirement (UIUC) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message