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

[phrostie <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx>]

so next year will the section be dedicated to the LDP?

On Monday 01 April 2002 10:13, you wrote:
> 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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