tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post5261518437128011329..comments2024-03-11T02:35:50.848-05:00Comments on grand stream dreams: Full Disclosure - GSD and the Microsoft Ferrari laptop giveaway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-49491740621263261772007-01-01T11:08:00.000-06:002007-01-01T11:08:00.000-06:00HeHe!
I was feeling a bit mischievous when I post...HeHe!<br /><br />I was feeling a bit mischievous when I posted this.<br /><br />The whole "controversy" this thing has stirred up is kinda interesting...with bloggers who accepted Microsoft's offered laptops getting hammered by some as "sell-outs" and having a whole ethical/journalistic melee created.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1576">Blogger ethics? Oh, please.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1578">Anonymous cowards</a><br /><br />I've got really mixed feelings about the whole deal, myself. How much of the buzz caused by the fact it was Microsoft dishing out a "high end" product? Sure, bloggers should probably have disclosed this. But what if it was SansDisk giving out USB sticks? Would we have seen the same level buzz or controversy?<br /><br />I'm not sure.<br /><br />Granted...it would be a major family sacrifice to pony up the funds to pick up a piece of hardware like this, and had I received one...it would have been disclosed, kept and heavily used with pride and excitement in our home. <br /><br />Would it have colored my judgment in blogging...particularly about Microsoft...maybe...but probably not any more or less that I already I am. I'm not a Microsoft basher by any means, but they are one of the biggest forces in the industry and their actions do have an impact in the technology world.<br /><br />If nothing else, it has re-stirred the simmering pot of discussion regarding bloggers, blogging, journalism, ethical standards for both and the (still) murky lines drawn between them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-52933243883847616872007-01-01T09:54:00.000-06:002007-01-01T09:54:00.000-06:00Go Claus! I read several blogs that indicated som...Go Claus! I read several blogs that indicated some were upset when they received their Redmond package... go figure! Some were selling them or giving them to charity. Charity starts at home...<br /><br />HarmonMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074926371029170363noreply@blogger.com