On Friday 07 November 2003 19:59, Sinner from the Prairy wrote: > > After reading the headline, I was less.... than happy. After reading the > whole thing, I noticed that:
Most people stop reading after the headline. > > 1. the headline is inflamatory and taken out of context > 2. Szulik is *not* saying that Linux is not for the Desktop > 3. Szulik says that *right now* Linux is not for *all* the desktop needs > 4. Szulik says that in 2 years, Linux will be there might be there; here didn't promise; he didn't commit resources; in fact it came at a time when he pulled out of the desktop market; the body language says "Linux desktop has a looooong way to go" > > what's wrong with this? (aside from irrumator journalists) Spokesmodels are not allowed to write their own copy for a reason. You've got to think two steps ahead of the journalist. Everything you say needs to be thought of as a headline because that's what most people read. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
