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Readers' Choice Awards (siteadm) Fri, 13 Jun
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Thus we see the problem. (acagle) Mon, 16 Jun

Cynicism misplaced

Posted by: rparker
Date posted: Mon, 16 Jun 1997

Folks: I know that under the circumstances it seems as if the Readers Choice is somehow connected to advertising, but in fact nothing could be further from the truth. We established the Readers Choice format some 8 or so years ago, and were proud of the fact that while other publications TOLD readers what to like and which products would be important, InfoWorld left that decision to its readers. In the dozen years I've been with InfoWorld, we have considered making our Product of the Year awards more like other publications' -- glitzy banquets conducted at Comdex. But, we have tried to honor our readers' perspectives by actually asking them which products merit special attention.

Quite frankly, the whole process is difficult. Did we botch it this year? Sure. But, I'm reminded of Churchill's comment about democracy.

Rachel Parker
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Huh? (w nau) Mon, 16 Jun
One more nail (John J. Urbaniak) Mon, 16 Jun
Not your adverts... (khasim) Mon, 16 Jun

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