[8359] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: IBJ "offer"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Tully)
Tue Nov 16 01:13:15 1993
From: tully@cscns.com (Ed Tully)
To: postman@lists.psi.com (Christopher Locke)
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 93 23:12:17 MST
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199311160520.AA20428@panix.com>; from "Christopher Locke" at Nov 16, 93 12:20 am
Did I miss something? If you have a bone to pick with michael, please
don't take my time to do it. People bitch about advertising - this is junk
mail! It has absolutely no value to me and would appreciate your taking it
private.
Ed Tully
> > 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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Edward J. Tully
Network Training & Consulting
Community News Service
Colorado Springs, CO
