We should worry about hamakor:)
Ely
On 12/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Quoting E L <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >:
> I think it's very clear that Vaya is opensource oriented,
> so I don't really think it matters. Share holders in every company have POV
> the problem starts when it's a big company which sponser a whole research
> show it as objective while it's very clear that it is not.
Vaya field of reserach is FOSS but it is not obligated by any mean to show that
"FOSS rulz!!!1" ;)
Hamakor on the other hand was structured to promote FOSS and thus has interests
in showing the above. It thus maybe shouldn't matter much to Hamakor but this
is a conflict that might damage the Vaya efforts.
Dotan
>
> But again the biggest issue which I didn't see anyone address is
> What would hamakor gain from having those shares?
>
> Ely
>
> On 12/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> >
> >
> > A research company that has share holders with specific interest in the
> > results
> > of its research might find its results are in question and might be
> > concidered
> > altered by the fact it has share holders with known interest.
> > This point leads me to think that holding shares in the Vaya company might
> > prove
> > to demage this companys integrity.
> > I guess we all know the stories about MS funded research that found FOSS
> > has
> > higher TCO then proprietry software. Speculations were enough to damage
> > the
> > integrity of those results in the eyes of many. We might find we do the
> > same to
> > the Vaya research company results.
> > Am I going to far with speculations?
> >
> > Dotan
> >
> > Quoting Gilad Ben-Yossef < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > >
> > > E L wrote:
> > >
> > > > Lets say that all of this is correct and there is no legal or ethical
> > > > problem with it,
> > > > there is one thing I don't get. What does hamakor gain from it?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Vaya research was established to promote research into areas that the
> > > Amuta tries to promote. Helping Vaya corp. is therefore in the best
> > > interest of the Amuta.
> > >
> > > By being a registered stock holder of the corp. we give the research
> > > institute credibility that will help it perform it's function.
> > >
> > > Gilad
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