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I will be cancelling my subscription

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

There was a time when I respected InfoWorld. I enjoyed reading a number of columns (expecially Nicholas: only one I read now). Over the last year, your magazine has changed for the worst. I hate to admit it, but PCWeek is less bias than InfoWorld lately. I seem to recall that you actually had a review on a AOL dialer who's big feature was to redial. WOW! and with all the OS/2 products you don't review.

This poll is the last straw. It is not the fact that you called OS/2 users ballot stuffing zealets, it is the fact that you have no problem standing behind the second results as a true reflection even after the methods have been highly questioned. I couple of observations before I go:

1) As a reader, I did not get to vote for a readers choice award. I voted the first time(only once). imagine if we took a random sample to elect the president. My voice was not heard.

2) Is InfoWorld distributed only in the US? If so you should make that more known.

3) Why was people who worked for computer hardware and software companies ruled out? They are readers of your magazine. That surely would tilt the results. How many people refused the poll, that would tilt the results. If you would have called me, I would have told you folks to take a leap. Why should I have to waste my valuable time(like know) having to respond to something I already responded to. Something you some easily disregarded

4) Sample size seem rather small to be to be accurate.

6) Also, when does a vote constitute actually going to the voters to get the vote. It should be changed to "Readers choice poll of a small sample of readers that are not involved with the computer software or hardware companies". Which I am one of, so would be disallowed.

Please cancel my subscription!!!

Ron Lamb
ralamb@earthlink.net


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