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Ferrarri Vista?

Posted by Dave Smith On 1/02/2007 10:33:00 AM 1 comments


One of the stories circulating in the blogosphere is the Microsoft initiative to circulate some Vista-loaded machines to select bloggers - more here:

I Started Something Blog

It's one thing to give out copies of Vista for evaluation - after all I participated in the beta as well - but another to give out fancy $2000 Acer Ferrarri laptops with it. As one might expect, the response has been mixed, but generally not favorable.

Bribery? Unethical? I won't comment on that, as I think such a blanket condemnation would be premature. What might be more interesting is to look at who they selected, and why. I, in particular, would be more interested if it's pursuit of buy-in by outspoken critics, or reward to those troops who supported Microsoft in the past, neutral honest-broker bloggers or a mix of all of these.

1 Response for the " Ferrarri Vista? "

  1. Anonymous says:

    Vendors have been doing this for years. Heck, PC Mag is full of freebies. Much ado about nothing.

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