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To: Just_Observing who wrote (49027)	5/16/2002 1:31:06 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I take issue with your statement. Mossberg represents the Wall Street Journal which has consistently backed Microsoft. After all, it's a newspaper that worships money. Your issue-taking is noted, but I stand by my statement. I myself have never taken issue with anything very major that I have read by Mossberg. As far as journalistic integrity goes, which money-worshipping publication do you think has more: the Wall Street Journal or PC Magazine? Hint: easy question. Divit noted in his post that Mossberg "usually bashes Microsoft". This is of course a Microsoft backer's view. The truth is that Mossberg is fair. Any fair journalist is going to point out the endless shortcomings in Microsoft's products and their feudal attitude toward customers, and therefore is going to appear to "usually bash Microsoft". As for the Open Source Process cleaning up StarOffice, I have two responses: a) You mean like with Mozilla? i.e., I'll believe it when I see it. b) Even if true, doesn't matter. Software publishers have to make judgment calls about how crappy software can be when it's first released as a "1.0" version. It's a gray area, but my impression is that Sun pulled the trigger quite a bit too early on this one. Star Office may well give Office XP headaches someday, but this wasn't the way to launch it. --QS