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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Russ Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Consolidated Remarks
<< I don't exactly see, other than given you an excuse to bray like a
jackass, what "failed business" offer to negate any of the points I
mentioned. After all, if you have connections, you get to screw up more
than one company. >>
And the number of businesses that actually benefit from that is a tiny
fraction of all businesses. Most businesses garner most of their success and
most of their failure to the quality and diligence of their efforts. A few
counter examples -- some of which I might dispute, some of which I might
very well acknowledge -- do not change the fact that competition on merits
is the heart of commerce.
<< If you don't think modern business is a matter of back-scratching and
connections, you need to actually ENTER real business for a few years.
And I'm not talking some pissant garage business -- try some real
corporate work, the uglier the better. The connections aren't not some
"evil conspiracy", or any sort of conspiracy at all. It's just the way
things are: the "open market" has always been a myth, since the earliest
days of capitalism. >>
Through your filter. And I have been in modern business, from small start up
to multinationals, from mail room to near the top, but mostly in the middle
where the work gets done. I also have studied a wide range of economists.
Some share your view, some vehemently oppose it. I doubt you can thus claim
truth or certainty for your view.
<< BTW, to be "pure", a "testing lab" would need to free of external
influences. I can assure you no real-world system, economics included,
is free of external influence. >>
I did not say pure; I said "most pure". And the market is as close to a pure
testing lab as you'll ever get.
Martin
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