Duane,

I have told you before, that your business ethics suck and that just proves
it again. Am very glad, that I never had to do business with you and never
will.

Michael


On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:45:13 -0700, Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Wirt wrote:
>
>>duane writes:
>
>>>Maybe I've been in the software business too long or something, but my
>>>reaction here is that hp has every right to do what they want with their
>>>products.
>
>>In general, I tend to agree with only about 10% of what Duane writes, and
I
>>couldn't disagree with him more on this. Indeed, if a vendor told me what
>>Duane writes, I would never purchase another thing from him. Indeed, I
>>would disentangle myself and my company from his products as quickly as
>>possible.
>
>Wow - a whopping 10% :-)
>
>My point is that the maker of a product has the final say on that product.
>Granted, what they say and how they say it will influence the existing and
>future customers with respect to their purchase decisions. On this product
>and for other products.
>
>Similarly, you will make the final decision WRT to any of your products.
>That decision is ultimately yours to make. I don't have to like it and I
>don't have to buy anything from you ever again, but that still doesn't give
>me the right to tell you how to run your business. If you decide it's not
>in your best interest to allocate resources on a particular product because
>you have more pressing needs then that is your choice. These decisions are
>made every day in the business world. And it's a cold cruel world out
there.
>
>
>Maybe this is the core of disagreement between me and others on
>this list - especially you. That somehow because you have purchased a
>product from hp or because you have established a business around one of
>their products that you get to tell them how to run their business with
>regard to that product. Sure, you can give them input. Sure, you can
>jump and down and complain when you disagree with their direction.
>Sure, you can never buy another product from them. Sure you can develop
>a sense of distrust towards them.
>
>But, ultimately, the choice is theirs to make. Just like the choice to
>make the system in the first place was theirs. And the choice to stop
>making them is also theirs to make. The world is full of product decisions
>such as this. hp is not in business to make you money. They are in business
>to make themselves money.
>
>duane percox
>
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