Re: A "hidden" cost (was Re: NYT/WSJ Staff cust | Online Adv. doesn't work)

From: Michael Martinez <Michael_at_xenite.org>
Date: Wed 25 Apr 2001 10:09:33 -0500

BRANDI JASMINE <brandi_at_brandijasmine.com> WROTE:

>If you were in any other industry and the product you
>delivered was so bad as to actually be worse than the
>problem it purports to solve, someone would be calling
>in the FTC on a fraud charge.

You had my general agreement up to here. Unfortunately,
the Federal Trade Commission never did anything about
Microsoft.

Well, I had written a long ancedote, but I think it
will suffice to say that today's massively expensive
applications may be replaced by tomorrow's inexpesnive
applications. It's only a matter of time before we
learn whether people will then pine for the "good old
days".

Michael Martinez
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