[8358] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
IBJ "offer"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Locke)
Tue Nov 16 00:21:11 1993
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 00:20:25 -0500
From: Christopher Locke <clocke@panix.com>
To: com-priv@psi.com
This isn't the place for this, forgive me, but I must repond to
that "bold offer" by Michael Strangelove, which also didn't
belong here.
> Attention Subscribers of Internet Business Report
> or Internet Letter
>
> Flushed with their continued international success, the
> publishers of THE INTERNET BUSINESS JOURNAL are presently
> offering you a free three month trial subscription to THE
> INTERNET BUSINESS JOURNAL.
Flushed with *something* anyway...
> THE INTERNET BUSINESS JOURNAL's premiere issue in June
> 1993 attracted the attention of sources such as Business
> Week, Fortune, Wired, The Globe and Mail, and since then
> continues to set the standard for reporting on Internet
> business opportunities and resources.
Just for the record, I was editor of the Internet Business
Journal for its premiere issue and had quite a bit to do with
all that press attention. I keep encountering my editorial for
IBJ #1 on gopher servers far and wide. Also, just for the
record, I am now editor of Internet Business *Report*, published
by CMP, and have had no affiliation with Michael Strangelove
since I made that move.
> The editor of THE INTERNET BUSINESS JOURNAL, Michael
> Strangelove, explains the reasoning behind this bold free
> offer, "We have a product that is guaranteed to be simply
> the best, and therefore dare to invite comparison. When
> it comes to price, focus, content, and quality, we
> continue to set the standard. Success is always imitated,
> but why should you settle for smaller, more expensive
> products?
What's the implication here? It is smaller. It is more
expensive. Also, if I may say so, it's more devoted to issues
likely to be of interest to a corporate audience trying to frame
meaningful strategies with respect to the Internet. This "I'll
show you mine if you show me yours" routine is silly, Michael.
Grow up.
Anybody who wants to see a small, expensive copy of IBR is
welcome to send *mail* for a sample issue. Same as it ever was.
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