[Am-info] Froggy the Gremlin

[Erick Andrews]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:13:59 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:

>John J. Urbaniak wrote:
>> So Ballmer says now, "I'll be good, I will, I will."
>> 
>>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24391.html
>> 
>>                 Microsoft Corp chief executive officer Steve Ballmer
>>                 is expected to distance his company from past
>>                 business practices at the CeBIT trade show in
>>                 Germany this week by stressing that the company
>>                 must be seen as "responsible" in dealings with other
>>                 companies.
>
>Okay, it took me a while to regain my composure.  I've stopped crying 
>from laughing so hard.  That's like the devil saying hell will no longer 
>be hot.  What do you question, whether hell's hot, or whether the 
>devil's lieing????
>
>This has a lot to do with the issue of trust.  Most folks will trust you 
>from the get go.  Once you screw up and loose their trust, you don't 
>automatically regain it, but saying you will correct your behavior.  You 
>have to EARN that trust back, and that takes a long while.
>
>I have YET to see Microsoft or any of it's mouthpieces even BEGIN to 
>earn that trust.
>

Of course.  That because MS practises the ol' Barnum & Bailey adage 
that there's a sucker born every minute.

-- 
Erick Andrews