| From: | Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia |
| Date: | 2 Aug 2000 at 12:37:54 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Aminet |
At 11:29 AM 8/2/00 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Guillermo
>
> > >FUD? Care to elaborate?
> >
> > "Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt" -- a marketing practice commonly
> > attributed to Microsoft. The idea is to bash the competitors'
> > products by spreading (false) rumours about their quality.
>
>The term was first used to refer to IBM's marketing practices
>in the 1960s/70s.
Yes, I know. However, in the past ten years or so it has
been used almost exclusively to attack Microsoft's marketing
practices.
>These days valid questions and opinions are often discredited
>by labelling them as FUD.
True.
Regards,
G.
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