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This isn't Mil-Spec, it's Microsoft.

Posted by: challeron
Date posted: Tue, 17 Jun 1997

The whole idea -- as mentioned elsewhere -- was to keep the advertisers happy; As with any other form of "junk science", one needs only enough "statistics" to support one's presupposed conclusion.

And, before anyone jumps up my mousetrap, I used to be an columnist: I got out of writing for magazines when I saw three successive columns altered by the Editor In Chief because *my* test-results didn't match what the magazine's advertisers wanted to see.

What this industry really needs is a 100% subscription-supported (thus: no ads) magazine like *Consumer Reports*; now, for those of us who don't want to pay $145 for an InfoWorld subscription, where do we think we're going to find such a crusader?

Mr. Challeron
Rauland-Borg Corp.

Note: My company requires the statement that any opinions expressed above are my own, and *rarely* coincide with Corporate Policy; please treat them as such.


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