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.


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> --- 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
>
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