Cleve, All, "Preachin' to the Choir" can sometimes be a GOOD thing. Just cause there are folks sittin' back of the Preacher, singing, don't mean they're "saved".....<eg>
"We are MICROSQUISH, Resistance is futile, You WILL be *assimulated*!" "Cap'n Buck" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cleve Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: "Corporate America" was Re: [brluglist] M$ virus writers are getting clever was Fwd: Internet Security U > Remember, Open Source does not necessarily mean, giving it away for free and > not making a profit from your hard work.........but I do have a problem when > a company releases sub-par products before they are ready for > release......then uses its marketing muscle to make the public believe its a > necessary and then to force OEM's to install it be default, thus making the > uninitiated think that that OS.....IS...the computer. > I am not mentioning (Micro$oft) any names (Micro$oft) but I think we all > know (Micro$oft) who I am referring too. > > Guess I'm preaching to the choir though, huh? <G> > But I honestly don't have a problem with paying a fair price for really good > software or support. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: "Corporate America" was Re: [brluglist] M$ virus writers are > getting clever was Fwd: Internet Security U > > > > Well, you couldn't really call Loki an Open Source company, as their > > business was in buying intellectual property and selling software, but > > it is kinda sad to hear about the way things went. Basically, it was > > just another .com case of "vision" displacing common-sense business rules. > > > > -Tim > > > > > > Jason DeWitt wrote: > > > > >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! 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