(Fwd) Business This Week July 4th - July 10th 1998
For those who don't know the Economist, its a heavy-weight weekly newspaper aimed at international businesses/economics/politics.
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IN THE ECONOMIST THIS WEEK
Once again, Russia is on the brink of disaster. On balance, it makes sense to help, but the issue is far from clear-cut * Dangerous curves ahead for the American and British economies * Despair and violence in Nigeria * The tobacco wars light up again * The Linux operating system * Forensic
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scientists need to become more scientific * Dr Tatiana's prize-winning sex-advice column *
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A jug of wine,
a loaf of bread,
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and thou.
Quoted 6 lines · Richard Offer
For those who don't know the Economist, its a heavy-weight weekly newspaper aimed at international businesses/economics/politics.
IN THE ECONOMIST THIS WEEK
tobacco wars light up again * The Linux operating system * Forensic^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Heh.
Let me assure you...getting the Economist folks in touch with Linus was no small task. =)
Mike
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Re: Business This Week July 4th - July 10th 1998
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* Richard Offer wrote:
* > For those who don't know the Economist, its a heavy-weight weekly newspaper
* > aimed at international businesses/economics/politics.
* >
* > IN THE ECONOMIST THIS WEEK
* > tobacco wars light up again * The Linux operating system * Forensic
* > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
*
* Heh.
* Let me assure you...getting the Economist folks in touch with Linus was
* no small task. =)
Its a fair report, all things considered (ie, its not a geeky paper).
They have recently take an anti-MS line (a U-turn from their original view), and Gates was asked to respond to their article. His response generated a huge number of letters all pro open-systems.
* Mike
richard (mine didn't get published ;-( )
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