In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:15:54 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Robin van Spaandonk wrote: > >> >> Competition provides the motivation, >> Cooperation provides the means. >> > > >A problem provides the motivation. >Competition and/or cooperation provide the means.
No, competition doesn't enable anything , hence provides no means (in fact if anything it does just the opposite, it makes life harder). It does provide a "spur" to goad companies into action however, which is why it provides the motivation. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
