Re: ONLINE-ADS>> Slate Subscription Fees

ROBFRANKEL (ROBFRANKEL_at_aol.com)
Tue, 23 Dec 1997 14:24:51 EST

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In a message dated 12/23/97 11:18:28 AM, greg_at_bulmash.com wrote:

> Does anyone believe Slate's content is so
>compelling as to make it worth paying to receive?

In a message dated 12/23/97 11:18:28 AM, Greg wrote:

> Does anyone believe Slate's content is so
>compelling as to make it worth paying to receive?

BINGO. What you've found is the teeny tiny hairline crack in Microsoft's
armor. The fact is that MS is great at pbulicitiy spin: you rarely hear
about their flops, but you always hear about their grandeur.

I don't think anyone will want to pay for subscribing to Slate. My guess is
that it is now, and always will be, an unprofitable vetnure. I'll bet that
within a year, MS will shut it down (anyone remember Mungo Park?) due to "lack
of consumer support", which is their usual riff: blame the consumer, not the
company.

This is the beginning -- mind you the very early stages -- of the decline at
the Gates of Hell.

Rob Frankel

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