[Tfug] Time to boycott Office Depot?

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 27 Mar 2003 at 10:29, Derbe  wrote:

> I asked the Manager of the Marana Office Depot about this, his response 
> is below...
> 
> I got the fax you sent me including the alleged memo from Office Depot. I 
> think it must me near April 1. This is not for real. There is no Michael 
> Dietrich and the the supposed division he is VP of doesn't exsist. My store 
> manager checked  all Office Depot corporated records for the last two years 
> and he doesn't come up in any search! Also, my observation is that this 
> letter isn't in any form normally associated with Office Depot's corporate 
> memos. Hope this helps.

If you read the original article, you would see that it wasn't a 
"corporate memo", it was a "letter to suppliers".

His comments about there not being a Michael Dietrich carry more weight.  
Here's what I just sent to the author of the original article, we'll see 
what shakes down from this tree:

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To: mike.magee@theinquirer.net
Subject: Did you get "hoaxed"?

We have been discussing your article

  Microsoft logo scheme means Office Depot won't sell
  non-compliant XP products 
  Is this the back passageway to DRM? 
  By Mike Magee: Sunday 23 March 2003, 08:33 
  ( http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8472 ) 

on the Tucson Free Unix Group mailing list, and one of our members has 
reported back the following:

  I asked the Manager of the Marana Office Depot about this,
  his response is below...

    I got the fax you sent me including the alleged memo
    from Office Depot. I think it must me near April 1. This
    is not for real. There is no Michael Dietrich and the the
    supposed division he is VP of doesn't exsist. My store
    manager checked  all Office Depot corporated records for
    the last two years and he doesn't come up in any search!
    Also, my observation is that this letter isn't in any
    form normally associated with Office Depot's corporate
    memos. Hope this helps. 

Did you get hoaxed on this one?

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Angus Scott-Fleming
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