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Re: Verisign's public opinion play

  • From: Will Yardley
  • Date: Tue Oct 07 02:50:24 2003

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:24:08PM -0700, Steve Feldman wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:41:14PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
 
> > The one that pisses me off more is
> > 
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5087139.html?tag=nefd_top

> From the bottom of those CNET articles:
>     Contact us: http://news.com.com/2040-1096_3-0.html
> 
> Couldn't hurt to try...
> 
> Also, Declan's articles on Sept. 16 was most definitely not
> a Verisign press release, see:
>     http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5077530.html?tag=st_rn

Maybe he would be willing to help draft (or at least edit) a response
from the community at large. I do agree with other posters that a
response is in order, and I think it's important that it's concise,
reasonable, well written, and focuses on the main issues at hand. While
this list is not the place to create such a response, I imagine someone
could throw together an open list to create one.

It's true that the majority of the people on this list are not PR or
marketing people, and that's why it's important that we respond, and
respond in a way that's easy for the general public to understand.

It might also be a good idea to try to get some opinions from
non-technical people; most of the non-technical people I've spoken to
also find SiteFinder annoying and / or confusing.

-- 
"Since when is skepticism un-American?
Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..."
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