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Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long)

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From: Erik Oliver
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 13:44
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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
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