Re: MS Talks about the IBM AS/400

[boothm@xxxxxxx]

I presume these sorts of article are all carefully thought out parts of
the astroturf strategy that MS announced to its friends this spring?  One
wonders how much the authors of these pieces gets paid as MS didn't
announce a price list for inches, just that there would be payments made
for inches printed.

In <Pine.SUN.3.96.980627073830.26822A-100000@access4.digex.net>, on
06/27/98 
   at 07:40 AM, Don <dr2@access.digex.net> said:

>John,

>I've not read it yet, but the trend you elude to of infomercial articles
>is becomming more common....which is why I look at the front cover, hit
>the index and if an article hasn't caught my eye by then the mag gets
>chucked.

>Don in DC metro


>On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, John Carr wrote:

>> 
>> Has anyone read the article in this month Midrange Computing's mag?
>> 
>> "MICROSOFT PRODUCT MANAGERS TALK ABOUT IBM'S AS/400"
>> 
>> Is it just me, or does it really look like an Info-mercial by MS posing as
>> a objective article ??
>> 
>> I guess it's just me.
>> 
>> John Carr
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