Bob W wrote:
This is completely OT, but I feel obliged to pass it on.
At work we sell services which include a web site that we develop and host
for our clients. I have been helping put together a bid for a prospective
new client, a very large and rich company that we are keen to get. One of
their questions is 'does our website run under Netscape'. I stated that we
hadn't tested it under Netscape, only IE. One of our marketing people got
back to me:
Marketing person: perhaps we haven't tested, but do we know that netscape
works or doesn't work?
Me: Without testing we can't know for sure, but I'd say it's 99.999% certain
that it won't work with Netscape.
Marketing person: I have put in "We feel confident that our system will work
with Netscape"
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Cheers,
Bob
Mindsets like that are one of the reasons I no longer work in any industry
that is mostly political...
I'd report that guy to MY boss, and ask what, if anything, would be done about
this example of intentional dishonesty...
I'd probably end up quitting, rather than lend my name to a schlock outfit who
doesn't give a damn about moral integrity in business dealings.
keith whaley
