Re: UKNM: Burn Rate

[Paul Murphy]

>I'd agree that Burn Rate is a "must read". But the really disappointing

>thing is the website


is a marvellous book - also worth seeing are the comments on amazon <seems

to be either one star or 5 stars> especially the ones by ex-employees:


A reader from New York , January 16, 1999

Those who can't, write.


I worked at CMP during the time Wolff writes about. While some of what he

says is true, his descriptions of people in the company is cruel and

insensitive. He describes one of the best journalists in the computer

industry as "a drawf in a wheelchair" I believe. And he belittles the

founders of CMP, Gerry and Lilo Leeds, for the crime of being old.

They've accomplished

more than Wolff ever could dream of. But, I suppose he has a family to

feed, too, and the only way to do it is to insult, offend, draw caricatures

instead of real people. One thing I will say for all the people at CMP

involved in Netguide in the early days--they were trying, and sure they made

mistakes. But so what? Everyone screws up. May Wolff be able to retire on

the royalties of his book, or live off his lawyer wife. One sure thing--ain't

nobody gonna want to be *his* business partner. Burn those bridges, Mike!


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