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It is interesting to see what a newspaper or radio will do to a story 
after seing it in a realtime environment.

[Real-Time]
Microsoft Announces Delay in Windows 95
..Microsoft announced today that Windows 95 will be later than expected...
..
[end of story]

[Newspaper/TV/Radio]
Microsoft Late Again
.. Microsoft announced today that Windows 95 will be later than expected...
Our Financial Analyst says...
The CEO of Lotus says (good, maybe we can get Notes out before they 
release exchange...)
Spokesman from Novell says... (if they had used a REAL operating system 
like UNIX...)
S&P Analysts dropped their earnings estimates 2% ...
Bill Gates says... (but the new improved version will be BETTER than NT!)
The CEO of CompUSA says... (now I'm REALLY PISSED, I was counting on that 
for 2nd quarter)...
Three beta-testers said (The Beta Version isn't as buggy as Windows 3.1)
14 Applications developers have developed products for Windows 95...
(whenever it comes OUT)...
Microsoft is the Leading Manufacturer of PC Operating systems
[Opposite page]
New GATEWAY 2000 Multi-Media PC with FREE Windows 3.1 Operating System 
Preinstalled, along with the Microsuft "SuperBundle".  You'll never need 
any other software.
[Next Page]
Microsoft Word Upgrade $100
Microsoft Excel Upgrade $100
Microsoft PowerPoint Upgrade $100
Microsoft Access Upgrade $100
Microsoft Office Upgrade $400
(Not present- Windows 95 upgrade..)

Notice, there is no editorial opion, just quotes from reputable sources.  
The fact that the reputable sources might have an opinion, within their 
commentary is coincidental.

A 20 line story on DJ BroadTape turns into a 400 line story in the Wall 
Street Journal.  It becomes two 400 line stories in the Times.  The Times 
can get 2 pages out of discovering that Newt Gingrich paid $100/month (as 
much as he paid for laundry) in child support.  The Journal will include 
the full text of a "Family Values" speech given the following day.

There's what happened, and there's the interpretation of what happened.
LOTS of interpretations. :-).

Could you imagine what would happen if every web server that also routed 
traffic for alt.sex.bondage were suddenly shut down.  You could isolate 
any server, just by selectively shutting down their routers.

	Rex Ballard



From rballard@cnj.digex.net Mon Apr 24 23:10:41 1995
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