Author: blass uri
Date: 07:16:48 07/22/00
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On July 22, 2000 at 10:12:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 22, 2000 at 10:10:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 22, 2000 at 05:39:28, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On July 21, 2000 at 17:34:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On July 21, 2000 at 16:38:45, blass uri wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 21, 2000 at 15:29:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>> >>>>><snipped> >>>>>>I could promise to let you use my quad xeon in a chess tournament, just as I >>>>>>have done for Vincent several times. And someone higher-up here at UAB could >>>>>>say "no" and "no" it would be. Beyond my control. >>>>> >>>>>If it is something that is not dependent only on you then you should not >>>>>promise. >>>>> >>>>>You can say that you will let Ed to use your quad xeon only if somebody higher >>>>>will not say no. >>>> >>>>Easy to say using 20-20 hindsight. If I say someone can use my machine, I >>>>don't have any worry that I will get overruled. And I have loaned it several >>>>times in the past. If I worked for a company like IBM, after having worked >>>>here for many years, I still might say "yes" and then be surprised when I am >>>>overruled. It happens. Remember that DT was developed and built by graduate >>>>CS students at CMU. They were in a grad student environment, in an academic >>>>environment where openness is everything. They then found themselves in a >>>>totally different world at IBM... a public corporation with profit motives. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Phew, what an argument and excuse for deceit. Let's take it further (sorry for >>>getting carried away): >>> >>>Aren't we lucky that Hsu and Campbell worked for IBM, a company that was merely >>>cynical and insincere and not much beyond that ? >>> >>>Imagine if Hsu and Campbell would have signed for a really evil institution, >>>like the East German sports ministry. No alternative but to do as they want, and >>>just following orders. >>> >>>Amir >> >> >>Welcome to the "real world". >> >>:) > > >THis _really_ pisses me off. I typed one more character, netscape crashed and >sent my post off anyway. > >I was going to add: > >The real world _is_ quite different when you do something for fun, vs when you >do it to make money. IBM is about money. If they weren't, the shareholders >wouldn't be shareholders... > >I don't see anything unusual. I do not agree that you have the right to lie if you do something to make money. Uri
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