Speaking of corporate crap, who saw the article on the behind the scenes goings-on at Loki? Sounds pretty bad, I would have hoped for better from an open source company.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: "Corporate America" was Re: [brluglist] M$ virus writers are getting clever was Fwd: Internet Security U > --- Boyd Davezac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That sounds about right - "Corporate America." ;) > > I used to be anti-corporate, until I realized that > there are some corporations that do good things and > some that do bad. Merely being a corporation does not > mean they are necessarily "bad" or "evil". Heck, the > company I work for is incorporated. I know that they > do good things, otherwise I wouldn't work for them. > > But, I assume you are talking about the worst of > corporations, such as the current Enron debacle and > Monsanto's crap in Anniston, AL. I think we need to > start thinking about corporations in other terms for > success other than their stock price. How can > consumers get information about corporations beyond > their advertising? How can consumers make more > informed choices? > > I think we need something like a Slashcode driven site > where consumers can evaluate corporations and then > make those evaluations or scores available via XML so > that other websites can make use of those scores. > Kinda like the "Nutrition" panel on food products we > buy. > > John Hebert > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
