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- From: eoliver@ralph.cs.haverford.edu (Erik Oliver)
- Subject: Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long)
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:44:14 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.200705.7142@gw.wmich.edu> x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- > Not to disagree with you (because I don't fully disagree in this
- >case) but anytime one risks such a large amount of financial resources,
- >one should try to get everything in writing. If it were a little thing,
- >like under $1000, then I wouldn't push for anything in writing, but
- >$100,000? That's our company's gross income for over a month! I'd have
- >to get everything in writing before I comitted that much to a project.
- > But no doubt still, IBM was scummy about the entire situation.
- >Just to take a parting shot at Microsoft, the difference between IBM
- >adn Microsoft is that when IBM is scummy, it's usually because of
- >incompetence. When MS is scummy, it's usually to be cutthroat.
- >
- > -Brad
-
- Not to ignite the battle of the sexes, but many people might argue this
- is the difference between how men and women treat their partners. Men, just
- are kinda stupid and scummy, but women, they take the knife and stab it
- in you repeatedly.
-
- I mean I am always complaining that my boyfriends are scum and just
- "don't get it," whereas my lesbian friends are always complaining that
- the women their lives just stab it to them.
-
- Sorry for the complete digression from os2.advocacy, but the parallel
- just worked for me. :)
-
- -Erik
-