[mdlug] Is MS bribing bloggers?

[Wolfger]

Damn. Wish they'd bribe me...

On 12/28/06, bob dion <bobdion at starline-ent.com> wrote:
> Michael Rudas (computer) wrote:
> > Here are a couple of interesting articles. Though
> > Microsoft's house bloggers (Scoble, et al.) claim
> > differently, this certainly seems a rather naked grab
> > for positive press:
> >
> > <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2077596,00.asp>
> > <http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/12/28.html>
> >
> > Hmmmm... when record companies did this with radio
> > stations in the '50s, it was called "payola".  People
> > lost jobs and went to jail.  Why should it be any
> > different for a convicted monopolist?  Wishful
> > thinking, I know, but SOMEBODY has to cry foul over
> > this kind of malodorous heap.
>
> >
> Here are a couple of other articles on the this
>
> http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4598924090.html
> http://marshallk.com/microsoft-wants-its-laptops-back
>
> BD
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