Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!decwrl!world!jsharaf From: jsharaf@world.std.com (Jim Sharaf) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Lotus Marketplace -- Lotus to pull out? Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 21:01:47 GMT Sender: jsharaf@world.std.com (Jim Sharaf) Distribution: comp.org.eff.talk Organization: The World Lines: 13 A story in this morning's Boston Globe reports that Lotus is expected, at a news conference today, to announce that it will *not* go ahead with the marketplace product. Apparently there have been so many complaints, and so many people asking to have their names & info deleted, that Lotus decided to call it quits. Also, sales of the comparable product with business (rather than consumer) info are reported to have been poor. So, complaints and general noise-making sometimes do pay off. -- _____________________________________________________________________________ | James A. Sharaf | (617) 964-5866 46 Newbury Street | Internet: jsharaf@world.std.com