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What price the corruption of an innocent engineers mind with their product data? We become who we listen to, right? --- James Newton spam_OUTjamesnewtonTakeThisOuTgeocities.com 1-619-652-0593 http://techref.massmind.org NEW! FINALLY A REAL NAME! Members can add private/public comments/pages ($0 TANSTAAFL web hosting) {Original Message removed}

Rah, rah, RAH (with a tip of the hat to Jerry Pournelle & Spider Robinson) All the best, Jim Dmitry Kiryashov wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hi Walter. > > How about TANSTAAFL ? ;-) > > WBR Dmitry. > > "Quitt, Walter" wrote: > > > > If you sign up for one of their free seminars > > and listen to their sales pitch, you will > > (usually) not only get a free lunch but > > eval kits, books, tee shirts etc...... > > I love it, > > Walt...

My quirky sense of humor... <GRIN> I think its hard to distinguish between innocence and complete corruption. Not having been influenced in any one direction is the same has having been influenced in every direction equally. That's why the kids and grandpa get along so well. Its incomplete corruption that you have to watch out for. Its hard to be balanced in the level of influence that you receive in all the different possible direction. I find myself asking "do I want to go with this chip because I know more about it or because its really better for the job?" Am I willing to take a chance on something that looks better but that I have little experience in? My point was that you are paying for the free lunch by learning about their product. It was an explanation of the apparent violation of the TANSTAAFL law. --- James Newton .....jamesnewtonKILLspam@spam@geocities.com 1-619-652-0593 http://techref.massmind.org NEW! FINALLY A REAL NAME! Members can add private/public comments/pages ($0 TANSTAAFL web hosting) {Original Message removed}

That's pretty much what I see as well. The speed to market thing is really rough. That's what makes the PICList (and hopefully the PICList FAQ site (and for the PC, the Techref (well the massmind.org idea as a whole))) so important to me. If we don't' stick together and share, the world as a whole will put out a lot more crappy products that will do no good and just eat resources. If we learn from each others mistakes and share our findings, we can all put out better products. Its not about competition: If I share, yes, others will put out better products, but not better products than mine because I got there first (and I don't (can't) share everything). And I will learn from thoughs I share with. We will all do better so the playing field rises (allot) rather than my little square on it rising (a little). As far as corruption goes, I just think that people should be aware of the fact that their time is money and they are paying for the conference with it. If they are going to go to conferences, go to all of them. Ask at each what is wrong with the others. I'm sure the XYZ rep will tell you that the ABC company product has no second source. Better yet, keep an email list of FAE's and just shoot them all off the same questions. Saves travel time..... well... I have to admit it doesn't taste nearly as good... <GRIN> --- James Newton jamesnewtonKILLspamgeocities.com 1-619-652-0593 http://techref.massmind.org NEW! FINALLY A REAL NAME! Members can add private/public comments/pages ($0 TANSTAAFL web hosting) {Original Message removed}