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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Zulu-tek, Inc. (ZULU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Fredman who wrote (14298)	9/22/1998 1:04:00 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18444

Fred, I've already clarified this for you. 1) In the beginning, Wired was good. I remember when the magazine first came out. I liked it. I wasn't into techie stuff, so it was an occassional thrill read for me. 2) The years went by, new tech companies were born, but I still never became a Wired groupie. I'd see the rag two or three times a year, at best. 3) Now, a stock investor and I note that Wired reported glowingly about echoMEDIA (which already had attracted my investing interest) and SIM teaming up. 4) In the deal, the old SIM regime got the axe and later filed suit for theft of dream, in that their pride and joy were taken from them. I certainly understand their angst, but I think they've gone a little too far. 5) Connections. SIM connections team with Wired connections. How? I am informed that there exists a friendship between outgoing SIMer Batkin and outgoing Wired owner Rossetto. Zulu instantly goes from Wired's glowing heavenly darling to becoming the furnace keepers of hell. Fact: Zulu gets slammed big time with negative press from Wired. Shortly thereafter a former SIMer is hired in the Wired Chicago office. 5) So Wired is now being sold. Wired's owner's buddy is steaming mad. The connecton is placed: Zulu gets taken down. Now, unfortunately, my money was in Zulu. Fred, I didn't like what came down the pike with all of that. You got that? 6) So Zulu limps along, having taken another barrage from SD in its ever constant search for a victim to write about. Talk about having dinner delivered! Wired looked very befitting in the waiter's coat delivering up turkey for SD to write about. 7) Meanwhile, SD gets investigated on allegations of working with shorters in Cananda; Wired finally is sold to Conde Nast, a potential customer for Zulu. Zulu takes no action against Wired, even though it could have, particularly for Pat Hayton. 8) Wired continues to publish and it's articles are wide-ranging. Some of them are great! Some of them are not. Although I don't like the treatment Zulu received from Wired, I am aware that there is a bigger world than just Zulu. And believe it or not, I still like Wired. 9) Today? The last article, although still negative of Zulu, at least had balance in its presentation. In fact, this balance gave Zulu the last word, i.e., the comments from Lance Estes. That, at least, helped to refute much of the earlier baggage. Wired still has some work to do, in my opinion, to bring its writings concerning Zulu into better balance. But at least it has begun the process by now presenting both sides of the story. Now, Fred. A lot of people don't like Mike Tyson. But they'll certainly pay to see him fight again. Now, I've had some problems concerning objectivity with Wired. But that doesn't mean that Wired cannot, in the future, become more objective with respect to Zulu. Does it? On other matters, perhaps Wired is just fine and I suspect we'll see some improvements as time wears on.