Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:30:11 -0500 From: Rick Bradley <roundeye@roundeye.net> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: "T. William Wells" <bill@twwells.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [OT] Re: Intel driver doc's Take 2. Message-ID: <20010403183011.N1537@negwo.roundeye.net> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010403191622.02cbd8a0@mail.etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 07:33:27PM -0400 References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010331151458.0220ab10@mail.etinc.com> <E14kZ7C-000545-00@twwells.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010403191622.02cbd8a0@mail.etinc.com>
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* Dennis (dennis@etinc.com) [010403 18:17]: > >I am opposed to supporting individuals or corporations whose > >principals cannot manage simple disagreements with civility. It > >makes it clear what the consequences will be _to me_ should I, in > >my capacity as consultant, ever have a dispute with such an > >individual or organization. I don't need that sort of stress nor > >would I be willing to expose my clients to such behavior. [...] > This "consumer" attitude that you are doing a company a favor by buying > something from them is completely misguided. Most companies are not > some ISP or consultant struggling to pay its bills. WE are doing you a > favor by making our technology available to you at a fair price. If you > dont see it that way, then you have a serious problem. Because Cisco, and > Intel, and 3Com and yes, Emerging Technologies will survive without your > business and your attitude. We dont expect to make every sale. [...] > Ok, and unless we are totally desperate for cash (dont count on it) we wont > sell anything to you. Deal? You've just made a world class business > decision. Burning bridges with a vendor that you may someday need is > absolutely brilliant. Can you go ahead and put me on that list of bridge burners too? Thanks. Rick -- Rick Bradley - http://xns.org/=roundeye To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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