[8364] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: IBJ "offer"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Stephens)
Tue Nov 16 09:45:21 1993
To: clocke@panix.com
From: stephens@clark.dgim.doc.ca (Andrew Stephens)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 09:39:10
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In article Christopher Locke <clocke@panix.com> writes (whines):
>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.
The first statement was correct, the second, dubious. If you want to denigrate
Michael or his journal (see statement immediately following), do it on your
own time, face to face (e-mail just makes you look petulant).
>Flushed with *something* anyway...
>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.
so what's the point?
>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.
Surely the way to resolve this is through honest competition and not slogging
it out in public fora. If you have a better product then it will speak for
itself. A free three month subscription to the Internet Business Journal
should not be much of a threat to you and your journal, unless Michael's is
everything he claims, or you both have about the same content but different
pricing schemes. Direct and indirect personal attacks just suggest to the
thoughtful consumer that you may be pricing yourself out of a market...
Corporate audiences (by no means as homogeneous as you imply) will decide
where to put their dollars. It may be on one of your journals, it may be on
stuff they buy off the newstands or something like GNN. My advice to you is
stop quabbling and talk to your customers to find out what they want and then
give them more!
Andrew
Andrew Stephens | ISIS -
Manager, Information Network Infrastructure | Access for
Industry & Science Canada | *All* Canadians
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