Rick Schummer wrote: >>> But where's the accountability? "John Dough over in <dept> authorized >>> > us to spend $75,000 on this video." ??????????????<< > > Funny punster (Dough instead of Doe), Mike. >
You caught that, I see! <g> > <snipped> We can also look at the upside. *If* Microsoft did produce this > video and paid for it, people made > money. Videographers who shot the video, editors, producers, the video > company and stockholders, > extras, catering people, sound people, grips, etc. The economy is better. > That's an EXCELLENT point. As stupid as it was, I'm all for helping our economy! Reminds me of my not-soon-enough-ex-wife bitching at me for not doing tons of home improvements but instead hiring local h.i. pros to do that stuff. I always told her "I'm helping the economy" (and the fact that I wasn't good at that stuff and didn't want to look at my screw-ups as I walked around the house daily). > But no one here knows how this video was created, who created it, what it > cost, or how it was > funded. For all you know, it could have been created by some upstart video > company for free, trying > to get an in at another project or building their corporate resume. It could > have even been created > by a competitor to make the other company look stupid. Lots of possibilities, > and lots of > assumptions. > > Good points! Thx.... --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

