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The DarkSide of computing
Authors and Idiocy -- responses and corrections.

By:David K. Every
©Copyright 1999


A Study in Ego's
 

Create your own Apple Article!
 

Why is the media biased?
Forbes: Shades of Truth by Guy Kawaszki
Packet (Real Audio) Interview with Guy where he debunks media myths.
Warnock claims he is misquoted
Greg Ross letter 1/96- how the media ignores facts.
Windows is Doomed Pogue Article satiring Media Spins
   
 
Why are the "Studies" biased?
SPA Software Sales Numbers - Great article
MacWorld has an article on SPA's numbers (and mistakes).
MacWeek is pointing out SPA's errors!

Advocate: Rebecca Lynn Eisenberg - almost single handedly trying to counter balance the FUD.

Responses and Corrections 

ABC News

Boston Globe

  • Hiawatha Bray
    • RE: Too Little Too Late - slams Apple for MacOS 8.
    • RE: Apple eMate for Kids 4/28/97- slams eMate 'cause its from Apple.

Business Week

Chicago Tribune

C|NET

Detroit Free Press

  • RE: Loyal to the core 6/21/98- A not so bad article, that has the usual amount of little annoyances and errors (twists of truth), and the response.

Electronic Business

  • RE: Article about Exponential 5/29/98- A bad article about how Apple screwed Exponential -- while ignoring how much Apple did to help, and had to gain.

Fortune Magazine

  • Steward Alsop
    • RE: Steward Alsop - Misses the Mark 2/13/97- Whine how Apple should have bought Be (having nothing to do with his personal investment in Be of course).
    • Revelation 5/5/97- Alsop admits that he may be biased.

Houston Chronicle

InformationWEEK

Microprocessor Report - Micheal Slater

New York Times

PC Magazine

PC Week / ZDNET

Red Herring

  • Red Herring 11/16/98- George Green vents at a really bad article.

San Fransisco Chronicle

San Fransisco Gate (Examiner)

TechWeb

Wall Street Journal

Washington Post

  • Rajiv Chandrasekeran
  • John Breeden
    • iMacs 12/21/98 - Niel Thorne's excellent, polite correction.

Wired


Created: 09/18/97
Updated: 11/09/02


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