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adam@soda.berkeley.edu (Adam J Richter) writes:
>In article <5075@stl.stc.co.uk> "Andrew G. Minter" <agm@stl.stc.co.uk> writes:
>>However, when advising others, I consider that I
>>have a duty to be objective.  This means that while I may explain my
>>concerns about Apple's policies I would not go out of my way to dig up dirt
>>about the companies products 

>	Going out of your way to dig up dirt about a company's
>products makes your opinion more objective, not less objective, since
>your new opinion would be based more on facts and less on gut feeling.

No, it just slants your opinions. If I knew everything bad and nothing
good about any OS (let's say SunOS), I could easily make the case that
it's a piece of trash. What the original questioner wanted, I think, was
just "the dirt"; he wasn't interested in compensating virtues. This is
not an objective approach to the problem, it's an attempt to get mud for
slinging.

>You have no obligation to stop yourself from learning about the
>deficiencies of Apple's products.

That's true, but if you want to have any impact on the comparision
process, you have to know the virtues as well as the deficiencies.

--John

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