Re: MS Stealth plan

["Kris Shapar" <shapar@moon.jic.com>]

Sorry, I posted before I was awake. Nobody has a right to lie, of 
course! I just meant that while Chris Pall is right that the public 
can't force MS to tell the truth -- strictly speaking the 
puclic can't force anyone to tell the truth --  for me the 
astonishing thing is that MS should have learned so little from the 
stink and its repercussions.

On 16 Apr 98 about Re: MS Stealth plan, Kendall Clark 
<kclark@superfly.ntlug.org> had this to say:

> On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 10:07:50AM -0400, Kris Shapar wrote:
> >I don't think it's a question of forcing MS not to lie -- they have 
> >as much right to shade the truth as anyone. But after the huge stink, 
> >they are publicly saying they may go ahead with what caused the 
> >stink. Beyond astonishing...
> 
> Precisely what kind of right does MS or anyone have to 'shad the truth,' by which I take it
> you mean a right to lie.
> 
> I know there's no such moral or legal right. Is there another kind?
> 
> Best,
> 
> 	Kendall Clark
> 
                                 
Kris Shapar
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