Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 15670 invoked by uid 6000); 11 Mar 1998 19:14:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 15660 invoked from network); 11 Mar 1998 19:14:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gensym-nt2.gensym.com) (192.156.185.15) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 11 Mar 1998 19:14:20 -0000 Received: by gensym-nt2.gensym.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 14:17:51 -0500 Message-ID: From: Ben Hyde To: "'new-httpd@apache.org'" Subject: RE: InternetWorld article Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 14:17:50 -0500 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org I can hardly pretend to be an expert on these matters but having watched the process from inside of assorted companies over the years it goes something like this. The editor assigns a topic to "his dude" the writer. The writer calls the press relations department at a vendor, maybe two, and says I'm writing an article about your product catagory can you send me some info. As the press relations guy hears those words he presses a large red button on his desk and alarms go off at the local messenger service, before he puts down the phone a muscular lean bike messenger appears at his door. The press relations guy hands him an already written article with all the required bits: customer quotes (with phone numbers), pictures, amusing story, and a feature comparison. These are on various media so they will be easy to get into the writer's PC. I've seen these articles appear untouched into the trade journals. That said there should be - at least - a table on www.apache.org that does the feature table thing. It should enumerate all the competitors, and give high marks to Apache through out column one. We call this "column fodder."