Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rossi and Defkalion have been jerking well meaning and interested people > around by the thousands (or more) for the better part of the year and all > you can do is come up with ridiculous explanations and defenses for these > people? >
You call this a defense?!? I am saying he is engaged in a disinformation campaign. That is not exactly a complement. If you think this is ridiculous, or even unusual, then you do not know much about business. > It's reached the point where their actions are even less justifiable if > they really have something than if they don't. > "Justifiable" to who? On what basis? The only people whose opinions count are the stockholders and investors at Defkalion, and Rossi's customers. If they think it is justified, that makes it justified. You seem to have some weird notion that they beholden to you. They have some sort of obligation to do things your way, to your satisfaction. Let me clue you in: These people are running private businesses. They do not work for you. You are not a stockholder. You have no say in the matter. Neither do I or anyone else outside the company. They can say or do anything they want as long as it is not deceptive advertising or fraud. They can spread as many rumors or disinformation about upcoming products as they like. Businesses do this all the time. They can keep things as secret as they like. I know many experienced businessmen and investors who are watching both Rossi and Defkalion closely. Many have been critical of them, as have I. Many have said they would not invest with Ross because he seems to be a loose cannon. But not one has suggested they have done something illegal or unusual or "unjustified" (whatever that means). They agree that Rossi and Defkalion face difficult circumstances which call for unusual measures. You can say their strategy is stupid, or it will probably fail for thus and such reason, or that you would do things differently. But the notion that it has to be "justified" by your standards -- or by some universal standard -- is ridiculous. No private business strategy needs to explained to or approved by outsiders. No strategy satisfies everyone. You might say X Corp. startup is doing great while someone else says it is blowing the opportunity. Some say Netflix lost their touch and was foolish trying to split. Others see the reasons they tried to do that, and say it was an understandable mistake. Business is complicated. There are no easy answers. No one knows the best course of action. It cannot be known. There are too many variables and too many unknown factors. - Jed
