Meow. A cat fight has broken out between ChannelWeb and ChannelInsider, and Hewlett-Packard got caught in the middle. On the one hand, ChannelWeb praises HP’s new Web connected printer. Clap, clap. On the other hand, rival ChannelInsider pans the printer. Boo, hiss. But perhaps that isn’t the full story.
After all:
- ChannelWeb offered five reasons why the HP printer will succeed.
- On the same day, ChannelInsider responded with six reasons why the HP printer would fail.
The VAR Guy has to wonder:
- Is ChannelInsider serving readers?
- Or is ChannelInsider playing opposite day — and taking a shot at its entrenched cross-town rival, ChannelWeb?
Heck, sometimes opposite day can work:
Reality Check
But in this case, the HP pro-and-con coverage seems to be a lame game of oneupsmanship. Five of this. Six of that. Yawn.
Time for The VAR Guy to move onto his seventh coffee of the day. Anybody ready to top that?
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The Seinfeld mullet is impressive.
Lang: Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Wouldn’t it be funny if HP had a hand in all of this? Like, if they were intentionally trying to get both publications to contradict each other…
It’s like the WWE for the computer industry. There’s always a “face” and a “heel”. But no matter who you cheer for, Vince McMahon always wins.
Storagepipe: Interesting conspiracy theory. But in this case HP isn’t calling the shots from a grassy knoll. Rather, it’s an attempt at oneupsmanship in the media market…