Hello M, Wednesday, September 1, 2004, 3:23:49 PM, you wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 1, 2004 @ 8:29:31 PM, Nick Dutton wrote: > [snips] Nick>> I'd bet that this is where their real money comes from, not in keeping Nick>> a (vocal) few of the faithful happy. They are a business after all. > But businesses should have ethics, should they not? And not keeping promises > isn't very ethical. That seems to be the main bone of contention. > Of course, it's almost impossible to tell what Ritlabs are thinking or going > to do, due to their usual policy of almost total non-communication. well I think the time for business and ethics being expected together is over... at least that's what I see these days. Like I remember several years back when I was hunting for a job, I got a reply letter to every of my applications, saying they got my application, and they considered it and they want to see me for an interview, or sorry, but no they don't. When I was looking for a job last year, I only got replies if they were interested in hearing more. And it's with a lot of things like that. -- Best regards, Jürgen :eu-flag3: :de-bw: "A duck walks into a drugstore and ask the clerk for chapstick. The clerk put the chapstick on the counter and says 'that will be $2' The duck replies 'Just put it on my bill'" Using The Bat! v2.12.03, Opera v7.54.3865 on Win.XP.5.1.2600.SP1 * PGP key available on request: send mail with subject 'PGP key request'
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