Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote:
> Who could expect justice and morality from a money manager faced with the > prospects of a thousand trillion dollars of revenue at his fingertips. > I would expect justice and morality from such people, in that situation. I have dealt with such people. Most of them are as ethical as any normal person. There is no reason why a venture capitalist will cheat just because the sums of money are particularly large. If they will pay you 10% of a million as agreed, they are as likely to pay 10% of a billion or a trillion. They do not make money or maintain their reputation by cheating, or by alienating inventors. The assertion that they will be unethical because the sums of money happen to be large makes no sense. That is like saying a car dealer will follow the rules when he sells you a $20,000 Toyota, but if you go in to buy a Lamborghini he is sure to cheat. If I.H. agreed to pay some dollar amount to Rossi, or some fraction of total revenue, it is because they *want* to pay that amount. It is in their interest to pay. The fact that they already paid him $11 million tells you they are serious. The only plausible reason they would not pay the remaining $89 million is the reason they gave in their press release: they have not been able to substantiate the claims. If they were sure the effect is real it would be insane not to conclude the transaction and move ahead. - Jed
