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 > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *