RE: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-30 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms > > I thought "the price of admission is a serpent's tongue and a half- > concealed stiletto" > what a fantastic phrase! I've never heard it before. It sounds positively Jacobean so what a surprise to find that it's one of Gro

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread John Sessoms
I thought "the price of admission is a serpent's tongue and a half-concealed stiletto" From: Darren Addy Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a prerequisite to joining? : ) On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom C wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread Tom C
> Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a > prerequisite to joining? > : ) If you think being condescending is the correct and proper thing to do, then by all means keep doing it. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/p

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread Boris Liberman
That would be the new P.D. we've just invented in our midst :-). Just to make things clear, Darren responded off the list and it seems my mailer got it wrong in terms of to whom his comment was directed. I think we're cool now. On 10/29/2012 8:29 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Perhaps I have a Conde

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Mark! On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a > prerequisite to joining? > : ) > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom C wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Seriously, if one of yo

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread Darren Addy
Perhaps I have a Condescending Personality Disorder. Wasn't that a prerequisite to joining? : ) On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom C wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >>> Seriously, if one of your biggest concerns (that makes you pound your >>> keyboard) is frettin

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread Tom C
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >> Seriously, if one of your biggest concerns (that makes you pound your >> keyboard) is fretting about which huge corporation is doing business >> with (or suing) some other huge corporation, then I don't know whether >> to pity you or to off

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread Boris Liberman
Darren, if you were turning to me (which seems to be the case according to my mail client) then: 1. Living in Israel and being on the brink of the war with just about every neighbor may be except Jordan I get my set of problems full enough, thank you. 2. Being non-American (non-British, non-

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
AMEN On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > Seriously, if one of your biggest concerns (that makes you pound your > keyboard) is fretting about which huge corporation is doing business > with (or suing) some other huge corporation, then I don't know whether > to pity you or to off

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Reply interspersed. On 10/25/2012 3:33 AM, Tom C wrote: From: Boris Liberman I think that what's moral for individual human beings does not necessarily apply to corporations. Specifically, I think that the so called grey area is much broader for corporations than it is for you and me. In th

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-27 Thread Tom C
Regarding Wal-Mart/Amazon, the same is true of any tablet or PC they sell... T On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Tom C wrote: >> but the decision wasn't made; a headline was written and the result is a >> lesson >> in how we should be more careful about believing what the media tell us > > The

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-27 Thread Tom C
> but the decision wasn't made; a headline was written and the result is a > lesson > in how we should be more careful about believing what the media tell us The truth may lie somewhere in between, who knows? Even this article, that ostensibly corrects the original story with Samsung denying the

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-26 Thread steve harley
on 2012-10-23 22:40 Boris Liberman wrote Well, no. In fact, there is nothing immoral in stopping dealing with Apple. Like it is always said - "nothing personal, just business"... Someone up the ladder came up with the power point presentation that appears to support the idea that in terms of prof

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-24 Thread Tom C
> From: Boris Liberman > > I think that what's moral for individual human beings does not > necessarily apply to corporations. Specifically, I think that the so > called grey area is much broader for corporations than it is for you and me. > In theory that's correct. In practice it's wrong. I kno

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/24/2012 6:19 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: The answer to your question is that corporations are amoral beings. Note: I'm not saying they are evil, and I am not saying that some corporations aren't run by very moral and good executives. I think that what's moral for individual human

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-23 Thread David Parsons
it? This is a simple ongoing commodity transaction that is completely > divorced from the intellectual property departments duking it out. > > Life goes on... > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Tom C > Sent: October 22, 2012 10/22/12 > To

RE: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
action that is completely divorced from the intellectual property departments duking it out. Life goes on... Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Tom C Sent: October 22, 2012 10/22/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple It'

Re: OT - Samsung Reportedly Will Stop Sourcing Apple

2012-10-23 Thread steve harley
on 2012-10-22 11:22 Tom C wrote It's what I thought would happen. Why would a company want to sell components to a competitor that tries to rip them off for $1B in court? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57537137-37/samsung-kicking-apple-to-curb-for-lcd-panels-report-says/ this report is deni