James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: When the primary FUD about a situation is fraud, incompetence or delusion, > the last thing you want to do is feed the FUD by hiding honest mistakes. >
Yes! A businessman should know that. If IBM forgets to apologize people are not going doubt their credibility. Defkalion starts out with negative credibility because of the nature of their claims and the opposition to cold fusion. They need to do everything they can to shore up their reputation. I suppose they do. Maybe their strategy is like Patterson's? He deliberately made himself look bad. He told me that was his strategy. People think that is Rossi's strategy. I sometimes think so. Then again, who knows? He does such odd things, and says such mind boggling things, I wonder if that is just his personality. Not a strategy. He is a nice guy and a genius but sometimes *odd*. I know several cold fusion researchers who have gone off on a tangent and done things that destroyed their chances of getting funding. They alienated investors. They acted that way because they are Ivory Tower academics who have never worked in a corporation or in government. They have no clue how to act in the real world. Defkalion is run by a wealthy Greek businessman. I do not know what to make of it. Maybe the rules & customs of business are different in Greece? I have no idea. Business customs in Japan are different from the U.S., so these things vary from one country to another. If American business people or investors came to the conclusion that Rossi or Defkalion are engaged in fraud, I would understand why they feel that way. - Jed
