____/ Doug Mentohl on Monday 24 December 2007 15:02 : \____
> "The subjects Lyons cast the most derision upon are targets of Bill
> Gates: Linux, Google, Apple, and particularly the personality of Steve
> Jobs. That’s no coincidence"
>
> "I earlier documented Lyon’s interplay with another paid-to-say shill,
> the infamous Rob Enderle, who built his career spouting exactly what
> Microsoft wanted him to say every time he ever said anything"
>
> http://snipurl.com/1vro7
>
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/12/23/daniel-lyons-cries-wolf-the-real-bill-gates-behind-the-fake-steve-jobs/
You know, the Mac community has apparently embargoed (in places) Daniel Eran
for mentioning Enderle and these other shills (mention is still publicity)
"Under his own name, Lyons overtly celebrates Microsoft’s Windows Media DRM and
its exploding rental downloads, telling users that the overpriced Media Center
is a much better alternative to Apple’s iTunes video, which 91% of the market
is currently choosing. Lyons is certainly entitled to his opinion, but
shouldn’t he point out that he has that opinion because Microsoft sent him a
free box of its wares to play with along with instructions about what to say
about it? Is it wrong to talk about the money involved?"
Speaking of people-ready, here are some bloggers for your blacklist (bribed by
Microsoft to secretly recite slogans):
Microsoft pays star writers to recite slogan
,----[ Quote ]
| The stodgy old media industry has a rule that newspaper reporters, and TV
| news hosts, shouldn't trade on their public trust to endorse products.
`----
http://valleywag.com/tech/federated-media/microsoft-pays-star-writers-to-recite-slogan-271485.php
Malik, Arrington and Battelle: X-22, come in [to Microsoft]
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| What would possess a collection of online publishers and venture capitalists
| to pimp a Microsoft advertising slogan?
|
| Valleywag today reported about a site tied to a Microsoft ad campaign
| where the likes of Michael Arrington, Om Malik and others seemingly
| lend their support to the "people-ready" catchphrase.
|
| I sent e-mails both to Arrington and Malik and--surprise,
| surprise--heard nothing back. (Obviously, they are not yet
| sufficiently "Coop-ready.") Microsoft was still checking for me into
| whether money exchanged hands. But even if not a single shekel exchanged
| hands, I must wonder about the absence of common sense. Why would
| ostensibly independent voices come across as Microsoft shills? If
| they were hoping for a free dinner with Bill Gates, there are
| smarter ways to go about it.
`----
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733995-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
,----[ Quote ]
| "The main thing I'm pissed off about right now is that they pulled all the
| ads, which mean we're taking a revenue hit. We're running a business here,
| and have payroll to make. We run ads to make that payroll. Those ads have now
| been pulled."
|
| Microsoft once again corrupts confidence in the blogsphere. They
| turn 'citizen journalists' to marketing people in disguise.
`----
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9734034-7.html?tag=head
Microsoft: king of the [s]hill.
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