John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Thu Mar 7 13:47:20 CST 2013
LOL - I hope I didn't infer that at all! I have a very low opinion regarding the professionalism of most "journalists". They used to have an editorial feature in Newspapers. Now you have to dig deep to find a non-editorial column! -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 11:07 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse? On 2013-03-07 10:19 AM, John Bartow wrote: > Peter, > I don't disagree with you in regards to MS, Oracle, IBM and to that > point, just about every other successful large corporation. They have > all left many desolate in their wake towards success. But then I'm not a journalist. > > No one or no company is so evil that a journalist should lose their > objectivity. Every product and service review should stand on its own > merits, above and beyond the company that provides it. The lack of > objective professionalism runs rampant in the so called professional > technical journalist field. If you think IT journalism generally less professional than, say, journalism on climate change, or on economic austerity, or medical journalism on pharma products, I'm very surprised. PB ----- > > I often wonder what the same person would write if X corporation had > released the product rather than the one they hate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter > Brawley > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:17 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse? > > On 2013-03-06 10:54 PM, John Bartow wrote: >> Most writers love to hate MS. > They earned it with predatory & monopolistic practices, promiscuous > architecture &c. > > PB > > ----- > >> Windows 9 will the Windows 7 to Windows Vista or the Office 2010 to >> the Office 2007 or the... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim >> Lawrence >> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 7:22 PM >> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse? >> >> Yes, we are probably beating a dead horse. >> >> It seems to all the proponents of computer industry are giving Win8 a >> thumbs down and they are relentless. >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-7000012104 >> / >> >> My personal feeling is as soon as Microsoft can cut their bleeding >> and move on with another more acceptable product the better it will >> be for the company. I never thought I could ever feel sorry for >> Microsoft, even slightly but I do...I can hardly stand to watch their >> Windows product lines committing slow and an excruciating painful >> suicide in public. How very far the great has fallen. >> >> OTOH, who knows, maybe if MS sticks to the product long enough or >> re-markets it there just might be a turn around but it will hardly be >> a > rapid event. >> Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com