From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms
I thought the price of admission is a serpent's tongue and a half-
concealed stiletto
what a fantastic phrase! I've never heard it before. It sounds positively
Jacobean so what a surprise to find that it's one of Groucho
AMEN
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Seriously, if one of your biggest concerns (that makes you pound your
keyboard) is fretting about which huge corporation is doing business
with (or suing) some other huge corporation, then I don't know whether
to
Darren, if you were turning to me (which seems to be the case according
to my mail client) then:
1. Living in Israel and being on the brink of the war with just about
every neighbor may be except Jordan I get my set of problems full
enough, thank you.
2. Being non-American (non-British,
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Seriously, if one of your biggest concerns (that makes you pound your
keyboard) is fretting about which huge corporation is doing business
with (or suing) some other huge corporation, then I don't know whether
to pity
Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a
prerequisite to joining?
: )
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Seriously, if one of your biggest concerns (that makes you
Mark!
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a
prerequisite to joining?
: )
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy
That would be the new P.D. we've just invented in our midst :-).
Just to make things clear, Darren responded off the list and it seems my
mailer got it wrong in terms of to whom his comment was directed.
I think we're cool now.
On 10/29/2012 8:29 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Perhaps I have a
Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a
prerequisite to joining?
: )
If you think being condescending is the correct and proper thing to
do, then by all means keep doing it.
Tom C.
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I thought the price of admission is a serpent's tongue and a
half-concealed stiletto
From: Darren Addy
Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a
prerequisite to joining?
: )
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34
Reply interspersed.
On 10/25/2012 3:33 AM, Tom C wrote:
From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com
I think that what's moral for individual human beings does not
necessarily apply to corporations. Specifically, I think that the so
called grey area is much broader for corporations than it is for
on 2012-10-23 22:40 Boris Liberman wrote
Well, no. In fact, there is nothing immoral in stopping dealing with Apple.
Like it is always said - nothing personal, just business... Someone up the
ladder came up with the power point presentation that appears to support the
idea that in terms of
but the decision wasn't made; a headline was written and the result is a
lesson
in how we should be more careful about believing what the media tell us
The truth may lie somewhere in between, who knows? Even this article,
that ostensibly corrects the original story with Samsung denying the
Regarding Wal-Mart/Amazon, the same is true of any tablet or PC they sell...
T
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
but the decision wasn't made; a headline was written and the result is a
lesson
in how we should be more careful about believing what the media tell
From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com
I think that what's moral for individual human beings does not
necessarily apply to corporations. Specifically, I think that the so
called grey area is much broader for corporations than it is for you and me.
In theory that's correct. In practice it's
on 2012-10-22 11:22 Tom C wrote
It's what I thought would happen. Why would a company want to sell
components to a competitor that tries to rip them off for $1B in
court?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57537137-37/samsung-kicking-apple-to-curb-for-lcd-panels-report-says/
this report is
The answer to your question is that corporations are amoral beings.
Note: I'm not saying they are evil, and I am not saying that some corporations
aren't run by very moral and good executives.
All that matters to a company is the bottom line, profits, keeping shareholders
happy.
So what if
Yeah, but corporations are run, ultimately, by people. And people
hold grudges, they try to minimize embarrassment, and so on. It's
perfectly reasonable that Samsung would avoid doing business with
Apple for a while.
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:19 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
On 10/24/2012 6:19 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
The answer to your question is that corporations are amoral beings.
Note: I'm not saying they are evil, and I am not saying that some
corporations aren't run by very moral and good executives.
I think that what's moral for individual
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