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In article <71916@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>*You* go tell Leonard Tramiel to sit down and shut up, then *You*
>come back and tell us all about it.

Bob, where did I write the words "shut up" in that posting, or any other
posting with reference to the people at Atari Corporation?

There is a difference between being impolite to a businessman and telling him
that a meeting is obviously going to be unproductive as you're walking out.
I have done that particular bit, though not with Atari Corporation ... and
thus I am qualified to say what I would do in similar situations.

There is a difference between being controlled by a businessman at a meeting
and controlling that meeting.  I prefer to set up an agenda and agree on the
people who will be present before I commit my time, energy, and money to
attending a meeting to demonstrate software (or hardware).  It makes good
business sense, and should be applicable whether the business is a medical
education software house or Atari Corporation (or MicroSoft).

If you're not partially in control of the particulars, you have no control over
the meeting.

One doesn't have to deal with Atari Corporation to know how one would react in
a given situation.  Your argument is without merit, and your attempted
redefinition of my position is rejected.

-- David Paschall-Zimbel