FC: Clarification on KPMG: Tax firm is not same as consulting firm

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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"KPMG says nobody can link to kpmg.com without permission"
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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 13:59:46 -0500
To: declan () well com
From: "Robert E. Jones, III" <rjones () robjob com>
Subject: Re: FC: KPMG says nobody can link to kpmg.com without permission

Declan:

I have been a long time subscriber to this list and just wanted to respond 
to the email sent out yesterday regarding KPMG, LLP and its linking 
policy.  The company that has that policy is KPMG, LLP, the "Big 5" tax and 
assurance firm, not KPMG Consulting, Inc. the technology consulting 
firm.  KPMG Consulting was spun off on February 8 of this year in an 
initial public offering and is a completely separate, independent, 
publicly-traded company (NASDAQ KCIN).  KPMG, LLP does not do technology 
consulting and KPMG Consulting does not have a linking policy similar to 
that of the tax and assurance firm.

All of the press surrounding this seems to be confusing the two companies 
by calling KPMG, LLP a technology consulting company, like Ms. Slater does 
below.  I just wanted to set the record straight that KPMG Consulting, 
Inc., based in McLean, Va., which is a technology consulting company, does 
not in fact have a linking policy like that of KPMG, LLP, the tax and 
assurance firm. KPMG, LLP sent the notice to raettig.org, not KPMG 
Consulting, Inc.

 Let me know if you have any questions.

 Robert E. Jones, III
 KPMG Consulting, Inc.


> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 00:45:04 +0000
> From: jennifer slater <gen () raettig org>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: kpmg and shallow hyperlinking
>
> hi declan,
>
> you may or may not be interested in a story which at least seems to be
> capturing the imagination of webloggers, regarding consulting firm kpmg
> and their dislike of non-deep hyperlinking.
>
> http://chris.raettig.org/email/jnl00036.html
>
> followed up in;
>
> http://chris.raettig.org/email/jnl00040.html




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