stepheno.net— Concerning all the accusations that Microsoft is attempting to bribe Bloggers. The PC's are only intended for Review Purposes, and should be given away or returned after review...
Dec 28, 2006View in Crawl 4
That's funny. A main-stream press reporter complaining that HE didn't get a free computer. Maybe main-stream press doesn't have the same power as years before (See Time Magazine's Person of the Year!)
@ above commentsno kidding! the other digg story Edelman Has New Ethics Scandal Brewing With Microsoft's Blogger Bribe Campa at <a class="user" href="http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2006/12/edelman_doesnt_give_a_crap_what_you_think_about_their_ethics.asp">http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2006/12/edelman_doesnt_give_a_crap_what_you_think_about_their_ethics.asp</a>already wrote it all real well.... quote henceforth taken strait from the digg:-----------------------------------Nobody has reported turning down or planning to send back the gifts. Scott Beale at Laughing Squid is joyful about his windfall. Long Zheng calls it "a nice Christmas gift" Mitch Denny is "giddy" about his Ferrari. Who'll be the first to wipe off Vista and use the new laptop with the relatively stable XP? And will he or she admit it? Don't count on it.Sure bloggers are free to dis Vista if they don't like it, and maybe some will. But the playing field would be more level if Microsoft just sent out free software instead of fancy free computers to sweeten the pot.Journalist Dan Warne, News Editor at APC says in a comment on Zheng's blog:"This is a PR disaster for Microsoft. Within a few days it?ll be in every newspaper and tech publication in the world; I guarantee it.It?s bizarre for one of the world?s largest PR companies, Edelman, to think it could get away with this. Perhaps they don?t know bloggers as well as they thought they did. As you?ve pointed out, Long, now that some of the bloggers have disclosed the receipt of the gift, the public knows. Whatever the subtleties of the offer were, it comes across as nothing more than a bribe, and that is a very bad look for Microsoft."-----------------------------------------
quote bozster2: If true, are flaruis or any pro-Vista reviewers responding to this actual Microsoft's blogger-laptop recipients??And just how many blogger-laptop recipients do any readers of this think will just "give the pc away or send it back when you no longer need it for product reviews", huh !!!!???? DUH!For the record I'm not pro-vista, and in recent light, I definitely think a couple of them will actually just give it away.
sharp21Dec 28, 2006
good point, I don't think I would send it back at least : p
blakehandlerDec 28, 2006
That's funny. A main-stream press reporter complaining that HE didn't get a free computer. Maybe main-stream press doesn't have the same power as years before (See Time Magazine's Person of the Year!)
vainrveenrDec 28, 2006
@ above commentsno kidding! the other digg story Edelman Has New Ethics Scandal Brewing With Microsoft's Blogger Bribe Campa at <a class="user" href="http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2006/12/edelman_doesnt_give_a_crap_what_you_think_about_their_ethics.asp">http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2006/12/edelman_doesnt_give_a_crap_what_you_think_about_their_ethics.asp</a>already wrote it all real well.... quote henceforth taken strait from the digg:-----------------------------------Nobody has reported turning down or planning to send back the gifts. Scott Beale at Laughing Squid is joyful about his windfall. Long Zheng calls it "a nice Christmas gift" Mitch Denny is "giddy" about his Ferrari. Who'll be the first to wipe off Vista and use the new laptop with the relatively stable XP? And will he or she admit it? Don't count on it.Sure bloggers are free to dis Vista if they don't like it, and maybe some will. But the playing field would be more level if Microsoft just sent out free software instead of fancy free computers to sweeten the pot.Journalist Dan Warne, News Editor at APC says in a comment on Zheng's blog:"This is a PR disaster for Microsoft. Within a few days it?ll be in every newspaper and tech publication in the world; I guarantee it.It?s bizarre for one of the world?s largest PR companies, Edelman, to think it could get away with this. Perhaps they don?t know bloggers as well as they thought they did. As you?ve pointed out, Long, now that some of the bloggers have disclosed the receipt of the gift, the public knows. Whatever the subtleties of the offer were, it comes across as nothing more than a bribe, and that is a very bad look for Microsoft."-----------------------------------------
flaruisDec 29, 2006Submitter
quote bozster2: If true, are flaruis or any pro-Vista reviewers responding to this actual Microsoft's blogger-laptop recipients??And just how many blogger-laptop recipients do any readers of this think will just "give the pc away or send it back when you no longer need it for product reviews", huh !!!!???? DUH!For the record I'm not pro-vista, and in recent light, I definitely think a couple of them will actually just give it away.