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> We may wish to send a note to this magazine and correct this error.
> Anyone know anyone at computer weekly?
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> Cliff
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 15:09:04 -0800
> From: Jim Petersen <jimp@hotwired.com>
> To: hoteng-chat@get.wired.com
> Cc: brian@organic.com, cliff@organic.com
> Subject: Interesting quote
>
> COMPUTER WEEKLY
> Sutton, Surrey, England
> Sep 14, 1995
>
> "During August, the number of servers using Web software from the US firm
> Netscape rose from 769 to 1,020 and sites using the Apache server program,
> DEVELOPED BY THE MAGAZINE WIRED in collaboration with the academic
> community, increased from 658 to 965." [emphasis mine]

I've given them a ring, they are supposed to be ringing me back :-)

Cheers,

Ben.

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Ben Laurie Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435
Freelance Consultant Fax: +44 (181) 994 6472
and Technical Director Email: ben@algroup.co.uk
A.L. Digital Ltd,
London, England.

>
> > We may wish to send a note to this magazine and correct this error.
> > Anyone know anyone at computer weekly?
>
> Yes. The quote is in a 2column/2inch press release that was *mauled* by
> the CW hacks. CW have since been chastised, as has my boss. ;)

Ooops, well, they've just been chastised again!

> the quote
> is in association with the webserver survey my other company runs every
> month. The new survey is out tomorrow and the results are frankly unnerving.

Don't we get a sneak preview?

> Note. There's absolutely *NO* way we can control the press, and it's easy to
> absorb infinite amounts of design time talking to the b*stards - and they'll
> *still* misprint. The trick is to put a press-release/history/quotable
> 2 paragraph generic bullshit section in some prominent place in the web pages,
> and just have done with it.
>
> The 'indignant emphasis' should correctly extend to:
>
> DEVELOPED BY THE MAGAZINE WIRED in collaboration with the
> ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
>
> since clearly this ignores the contributions of the majority of the developers,
> who already have day jobs etc...
>
> CW have an e-mail address, speak to them.
>
> > Cliff
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 15:09:04 -0800
> > From: Jim Petersen <jimp@hotwired.com>
> > To: hoteng-chat@get.wired.com
> > Cc: brian@organic.com, cliff@organic.com
> > Subject: Interesting quote
> >
> > COMPUTER WEEKLY
> > Sutton, Surrey, England
> > Sep 14, 1995
> >
> > "During August, the number of servers using Web software from the US firm
> > Netscape rose from 769 to 1,020 and sites using the Apache server program,
> > DEVELOPED BY THE MAGAZINE WIRED in collaboration with the academic
> > community, increased from 658 to 965." [emphasis mine]

--
Ben Laurie Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435
Freelance Consultant Fax: +44 (181) 994 6472
and Technical Director Email: ben@algroup.co.uk
A.L. Digital Ltd,
London, England.

> We may wish to send a note to this magazine and correct this error.
> Anyone know anyone at computer weekly?

Yes. The quote is in a 2column/2inch press release that was *mauled* by
the CW hacks. CW have since been chastised, as has my boss. ;) the quote
is in association with the webserver survey my other company runs every
month. The new survey is out tomorrow and the results are frankly unnerving.

Note. There's absolutely *NO* way we can control the press, and it's easy to
absorb infinite amounts of design time talking to the b*stards - and they'll
*still* misprint. The trick is to put a press-release/history/quotable
2 paragraph generic bullshit section in some prominent place in the web pages,
and just have done with it.

The 'indignant emphasis' should correctly extend to:

DEVELOPED BY THE MAGAZINE WIRED in collaboration with the
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

since clearly this ignores the contributions of the majority of the developers,
who already have day jobs etc...

CW have an e-mail address, speak to them.

> Cliff
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 15:09:04 -0800
> From: Jim Petersen <jimp@hotwired.com>
> To: hoteng-chat@get.wired.com
> Cc: brian@organic.com, cliff@organic.com
> Subject: Interesting quote
>
> COMPUTER WEEKLY
> Sutton, Surrey, England
> Sep 14, 1995
>
> "During August, the number of servers using Web software from the US firm
> Netscape rose from 769 to 1,020 and sites using the Apache server program,
> DEVELOPED BY THE MAGAZINE WIRED in collaboration with the academic
> community, increased from 658 to 965." [emphasis mine]

> The new survey is out tomorrow and the results are frankly unnerving.
>
> Don't we get a sneak preview?

Mmm, nope, not to the list ;)

> Ben Laurie

Cheers,
Ay.