From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3EF354C4.9020205@place.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] Re: The new ridiculous license Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:30:30 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d446206e-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Stephen Wynne wrote: > Jim Choate wrote: > > > What we see from Lucent is typical corporate psychology. They're afraid to > > let one iota more go than necessary to make a profit. It's hard to take > > any argument or claim based on 'justify a trust' when the only issue at > > hand is profit. > > I'd like to dispute the idea that trust is always absent from > corporate relationships with the wider world, both in terms of civic > and professional circles. There are two types of 'trust', a obligation of performance as compared to a belief in future behavior. You are comparing apples and oranges. -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------