RE: MidrangeNews at it again

[pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx]

   FWIW, it was interesting to see that at the last COMMON, they had almost
   zero traffic in their booth. I don't know if they were allowed to buy
   booth space this time around. They're not on the exhibitor list.
   -- 

   Paul Nelson
   Arbor Solutions, Inc.
   708-670-6978  Cell
   pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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     To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
     From: "Jim Damato" <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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     Date: 02/01/2006 12:31PM
     Subject: RE: MidrangeNews at it again

     They're trying to foster the illusion of an independent user forum and
     an industry news magazine.  It would be like Microsoft buying CNET and
     forcing all the content to slant toward their marketing.  To me, it
     feels a lot like the 700 Club.

     I wonder whether they're flying below IBM's radar, or whether there's
     nothing they can do about it.  It's a shrewdly ambiguous marketing
     strategy.

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