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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Advertising Sleaze
Keywords: advertising
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.190604.28977@bilver.uucp>
Date: 28 Feb 91 19:06:04 GMT
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In article <157807@felix.UUCP> asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain) writes:
>In article <1991Feb14.201455.12253@qualcomm.com>
> rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
>  writes:
>
>> >In article <1991Feb11.053229.7022@toolz.uucp>
  
>>                                                     As a commercial example,
>> there is SpinRite, which I haven't seen advertised at all.  However, it is so
>> good that you will see it mentioned in magazine columns and information of it
>> gets around by word of mouth.

Hm.   Wouldn't have seen mention of that in Gibson's column in InfoWorld
now, would you.

I find it interesting that he has written ABOUT that program as a columnist,
and the he also WROTE the program.

I tend not to trust opinions of those who have financial involvement in
products they push.  However Spinrite does seem to do what it is advertised
to do.

It is also advertised in the very same magazine.


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