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I fully agree that the article wasn't very good, but Tom, I know you're more
reasonable than this: you're directly accusing the magazine of including Sony
because they are an advertiser??

C'mon...

--- Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Roger Merchberger wrote:
> 
> Computer magazines are pretty consistently worthless today -- they
> know only about sales. They could be selling wicker baskets, same
> difference.  New! Improved! Same but no different!
> 
> > Their idea of the 13 "critical machines" to me is disappointing - The Sony 
> > Picturebook at best has had minimal market impact and is rarely seen
> outside 
> > Japan;
> 
> But Sony is probably a big advertiser. It's pretty much as simple
> as that.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If you don't pick at it, it doesn't hurt :-)
> 
> 

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