Re: Microsoft Refuses To Answer Bitwise Magazine Questions on VB


"Huw Collingbourne" <huw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> "I appreciate your candid questions, but feel they are too leading and
> accusatory, and will force Jay to sound defensive in his answers.
>
> Can you believe this! He'll condescend to answer my questions only if I
> write questions that he likes!!!!!!
>
> In more thn 20 years of journalism, this is the most feeble and insulting
> brush-off I've ever encountered! Frankly, I think it's a disgrace.


I think it is perfectly acceptable to have you phrase the questions in a
better light. Questions can be leading and accusatory, so I would feel
they have every right to ask you to rephrase the questions, or go without
the interview.

For the case in point examples:

Have you stopped beating your wife yet? Did you forget to buy the
batteries for her vibrator?

As you can see, a person would have to go on the defensive, no matter
what they say. Who wants to do that?

I would suggest one option you have is to define the topic you want to
addressed (migration of code and developers) and include a few bullet
points if you have specific issues you want addressed, and then ask them
for a Q/A formated reply that you can publish.

You get the interview, with the topic you want covered, and they get to
word the questions in a manner they are comfortable with. The way I
see it, (just like anybody reading your post here) they don't have to
provide a reply if they don't want to....

LFS



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