Wow, you had an easy boss! Mine would have told me to ask for 90% of the world back and settle for 80%. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > Mark Talluto wrote: > > > Apple is pioneering the mobile app market and is pushing hard > > initially for as much control as they think possible. Thanks > > to competition and market pressure, they are forced to come > > back in line with what is reasonable. > > Reminds me of my last job I had before I started Fourth World, where one of > my tasks was doing contract review with our prime contractors, which often > meant long conversations with senior counsel at Bechtel, Parsons, and > similarly large firms. > > My boss explained my job like this: > > "They're job is to ask for the world. Your job is to ask for half of it > back." > > :) > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode