On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:45:13 -0400, Craddock, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Lindy Mayfield asks > >I would say that practically all large customers are about as legal as >they can possibly be and that there are strong external factors that >drive them to behave that way. SOX here and corporate legal/accounting >restrictions in many overseas markets make it fairly unlikely that >customers in typical "western world" jurisdictions will intentionally >stiff their providers. > I once asked a certain employer, "Is it our policy to pay requested shareware license fees?" "No, because there is no legal commitment for the supplier to provide support." I refrained from asking the parallel question, "Is it our policy when employees expense restaurant meals to pay a customary gratuity? If there's a difference, what is the social or ethical rationale for it?" -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
