On 20 Aug 2003 at 0:14, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > At 11:47 PM 8/19/2003 -0400, David W. Fenton wrote: > >Outrage is not a relevant reason for making a business decision. The > >only reason is: this will make more money in the long run. Changing > >your product to try to force money from people that have already > >shown they are dishonest while also inconveniencing the people who > >have already demonstrated honesty and loyalty seems to me a very odd > >thing to do, outrage or no. > > The point I was trying to make is that there are principles other than > maximizing the bottom line. The world is not money. Money is just a > medium to simplify commerce. When people invest effort in building > something of value, commerce is not the only reward. My point is that > it is a perfectly sensible thing for MM to do if they feel strongly > about the principle of thwarting freeloaders and thieves. It doesn't > have to relate to a bottom line benefit. Sometimes the principle is > reason enough.
All of this is perfectly true for you as an individual programmer. For a publicly held company like the one Coda is a part of, it is not a valid justification for a business decision. Indeed, it could be grounds for shareholders to demand a change of management. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
