I think this is interesting. I work for a Fortune 25 company. We have 85,000 employees. We have or have had nearly 100 subsidiaries. Without being specific, I can tell you that different segments of the company have much worse track records than others. There is no "single mind" behind corporations. They are political products as much as a government. The management model for the federal government is even becoming more like corporations by the day. The DOD is even outsourcing systems work to one of our companies - the Depeartment of Defense is outsourcing and "they" predict this will start a trend. But anyway, you have all sorts of decisions made on a daily basis that don't even get direct approval from a vice president, if even a director. Chances are, the playstation division knows less about UR than any of us do, and Derrick May has had some kind of a relationship with them for some time - at least dating back to the video game soundtrack he contributed tracks to. This may have been an agreement with the software company, but he's clearly shown an interest in the Playstation in particular.
When I first heard about the Jaguar ripoff I thought I would boycott Sony and skip the Playstation 2. But I think it's ineffective to boycott a division of a company that's completely removed from the offensive division. It does them no harm to them at all as long as they meet their budget. Should we boycott BMG (I think that was their name)? I doubt we'd be buying much from them anyway. This raises the question of how you respond to corporations that have no single accountable face. As corporations begin to exert almost as much control over our lives as the government I think this question needs an answer. I don't have it. I don't think this is the place to discuss it at length, but I thought I'd offer a corporate insiders perspective on the whole deal, and offer up that there aren't any easy answers, perhaps in hopes of preventing a lengthy flame war in advance. State and Federal regulators deal with this sort of problem daily with little success. As you might be able to figure out if you looked closely enough at this message, I work for WorldCom. If you're curious how I balance my disdain for mega-corporations and conscience working for one at the same time, I act in a consumer advocacy role for the company, and getting that job is what keeps me there. Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger New Album, "Québécois", online now. -----Original Message----- From: Kyle J Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:28 PM Subject: [313] sony / ur > >two questions: > >1) does anyone know a website that gives a full run-down the sony / ur >fiasco? > >2) does it strike anyone as odd that derrick may and juan atkins are >presently part of the _sony_ playstation2 tour? i mean, the gaming >division of the corporation is pretty far removed from the music >component, but still under the same company. does this match-up fly in >the face of the unity (or lack thereof) of the detroit scene, or is >playsation too far removed from the ur / sony dispute to matter? >thoughts? >(i don't know the whole ur / sony story: maybe atkins and may shouldn't >feel any obligation to refrain from pairing up with sony). > > >kyle > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
