[linux-help] [Fwd: General Question (KMM8744913C0KM)]

[jlweaver <jlweaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am forwarding the reply I received from Barnes & Noble

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: General Question  (KMM8744913C0KM)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:04:52 -0500
From: Mary Ellen Keating <MKeating@xxxxxx>
To: "'jlweaver@xxxxxxxxxxx'" <jlweaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Dear Mr. Weaver:

Thank you for your email.  Let me help clear up what I think may
be a
misunderstanding on your part:

For the past four years, Barnes & Noble has had promotional bays
in the
Computer Book section that feature the books of a single
publisher.  They
remain up for one year.  For the past 14 months we have had an
O'Reilly bay
and a bay of java books from Pearson.  Beginning today, we have
a Microsoft
.Net bay, which are books from Microsoft press on Microsoft's
.Net
technology, and a Visual Learning bay, which features books from
John Wiley
in their Visual series.

If you have any further questions, I'd be more than happy to
answer them.

Sincerely,

Mary Ellen Keating
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications


-----Original Message-----
From: Service 
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:24 AM
To: Mary Ellen Keating
Subject: Re: General Question (KMM8744913C0KM)


From:   Joseph L. Weaver <jlweaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
To:   service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  
Date:   3/31/2002 2:28:59 PM  
Subject:   General Question  


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It is my understanding that the New York office has mandated
that the 
space normally used for display of O'Reilly books is to be used
for 
Microsoft books. In light of the recent court decision that
declared 
that 
Microsoft was a monopoly, it seems that Barnes & Noble have
undertaken 
to 
reinforce the monopoly by the action that they have taken. This
will 
influence my buying decisions in the future. Why do you insist
on 
shooting yourself in the foot. This will surely be brought up at
the 
next 
board of directors meeting with strenuous objections being
raised. 

In the event this email reaches the wrong entity then you are
instructed

to forwarded this to the concerned party or parties. 

Joseph L. Weaver 
(316) 686-0975 
6004 Oakwood Dr. 
Wichita, KS 67208

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