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Sue InfoWorld for the results? Hmmm....

Posted by: up_yours
Date posted: Wed, 18 Jun 1997

Geez, I figured that OM was a better greeting than Up_Yours.
...Blame that on your site's security system. "OM" was my original choice, but it refused anything smaller than five or so characters. Fix that, and I'll gladly change it to "OM". Hell, I'll even send you a box of candy and some flowers if that'll help! :-)
So, sue me.
...I believe this is being discussed in a separate thread, and I know it's been raised on some of the comp. groups. There's actually been some talk about filing a class-action suit against IW, demanding divulgence of the poll data, sans personal info to protect the privacy of others.
If I understand your sarcasm, you are irritated that we, the folks who ran the poll, made a decision about who to call. Okay, I can see how this would be irritating if we had called only (206) phone numbers, but we have stated repeatedly that we called our readers -- the people who buy, install, and maintain IT products. Yes, in doing this we did not capture the wealth of knowledge out there among professional developers working for software and hardware companies. How could we have, though, said we will call readers so long as they don't work for Microsoft or IBM. Oh, what about Lotus. Gotta include them. And so it goes.
...Again, the point being missed here is that a reader is a reader, regardless of whom or whatever he/she/it works for.
Demanding the first survey results is a tired refrain. Sandy didn't divulge them in March; don't look to me for them.
...Better get used to it, because it's not a demand that's going away anytime soon. The real story behind this insulting debacle lies in that data, and once again, the sooner it's divulged to the public, the quicker the IW staff be able to repair this magazine's self-trashed reputation.

Do us a favor, Rachel: Remind Sandy when she gets back that even Nixon had to give up the tapes. Only this time, we're not going to settle for any 18-minute gaps...

up_yours


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