Respecting your enemy (was Corrupting the Perl community)

[Selena Sol]

> Chris wrote:
>
> Are you attempting to ascribe logic to business decisions?  That is not
> how business is done.  Business is done by going along with someone who
> pretends to know what he is talking about and then justifying the
> decision by quoting a report mentioned in the Wall Street Journal.

Chris, you are so totally wrong.  I would recommend sitting down with the
businesspeople inside your own company and interviewing them.  Try to find
out what it is that they do all day long.  I guarantee you that there is a
lot of logic to what it is that they do.

Don't bring in any preconceived notions. Just listen to them.