So what sort of reaction did Ed manage to stir up with his message to the FCIA members? Not much. The message boards attached to the original column generated 28 messages on Byte and Switch, another 15 on its sister publication, Light Reading.
The messages on the boards can be divided into four roughly equal groups: Group 1 strongly disagreed with the premise of the column. Group 2 agreed with the column. Group 3 were neutral, sort of. And Group 4 used the boards to talk about totally unrelated topics.
There were a couple of gems. I particularly enjoyed the one from a cerebrally limited McData Corp. (Nasdaq: MCDT) employee, who wrote to tell us he thought the article was completely biased in favor of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD)! No kiddin'. Check it out:
I also received five emails from people who wanted to let me know that they agreed with the column but were worried Ed would raise a gun-totin posse and come after them if they said so in public.
OK, I made the last bit up.
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