Sorry! I have to step in here...
the "free PC" deal is the best thing in our industry. The "digital divide"
between the have Internet and have-nots is getting bigger and bigger. there
are many articles on this, but basically unless you are middle-class, you
probably don't have a PC or the Internet.
Since Internet is becoming crucial to jobs, recruiting, and other economic
activities, the needy/and underprivileged are finding themselves even more
dis-enfrancised.
Drive through the "East Side" of a major city and tell me everyone "has
net"? They don't!
With these deals, for the price of dial-up, that would have to be paid
anyway, many many people will be able to get a very functional PC that is
suitable for email, web browsing, and general computing.
The only problem I see is the credit checks - this will still exclude many
of exactly the right people that this deal appeals to.
the ability for self-help and self-improvement should be available to
everyone, even minimum wage job-earners, not just hacker/hobiest geeks that
earn $50K, $80K, $100K or more per year.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vaughn Thurman
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 7:16 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] RE:off-topic: Microsoft not
violatingcopyright; Netscape troubles
>"Get a free computer by signing up
> for MSN for 3 years" scam.
On that I agree 100%. I think that within the month that will be a network
news special and MSN, AOL, Prodigy, and the others who have been in this
deal will wish they never had been. It is a despicable abuse and the only
thing worse is that our educational system turns out dupes every day who
will sign these agreements.
-V
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From: K Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] RE:off-topic: Microsoft not violatingcopyright;
Netscape troubles
> At 01:52 PM 9/9/99 -0400, Vaughn wrote:
> >Wow what an interesting thread this has become!
> >
> >The inside opinions are great. I am really glad to see we have so many
> >capitalists here debating this point. Microsoft is big. Microsoft is
> >strong. Microsoft is tough to compete with, but does that make them
evil?
>
> No, what makes them evil is the stinkin Which should be illegal. Not
because it unfairly
> rubs out competition, but because of the fact that they can utterly fail
to
> deliver any level of quality service, and the dissatisfied user that
> attempts to leave ends up spending more than the computer would have cost
> in the first place.
>
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