Bill Horne wrote:
>
> I don't know if Mr. Bray is sleeping with anyone from Redmond, but if he
> is, he wouldn't be the first and won't be the last.
>
> I forget who originally said "Never pick a fight with a man who buys ink by
> the barrelful", but I'd add that you should never pick a fight with a
> man who
> buys electricity by the megajoule. If Mr. Bray has had to soften his tone
> toward Microsoft, it's only because his readers refused to read, or to
> hear,
> the truth: either way, he's just the messenger.
>
It may have less to do with his readers than with his employer. They
may have requested, perhaps at the behest of the investors or
advertisers, that he soften his stance and/or cozy up to Microsoft. The
readers would only matter to the extent that it affects circulation; is
he a prime draw or detriment to the paper? They make their money from
the ads, and someone who simply stops reading his column while still
reading the rest of the paper has zero effective impact on ad income.
-Don
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