On Fri, 8 Dec 1995 23:03:48 +0000, twcook@cts.com wrote:
Again, you seem fixated on making Clark's opinions equivelent to the position of Netscape Communications Corp, this is not a reasonable assumption.
Given Clark's position, I believe it is a reasonable assumption. Unless of course you hold that the Corp. as a legal entity could have a seperate position. In that case then WHO speaks for the corporation? Some lower level PR person? I don't think so...<s>.
My point is that anyone at any level can make two different types of statements, those for themselves and those for the company. If Jim Clark makes a statement as the President of Netscape, then he is speaking for Netscape. If he makes a statement as Jim Clark, then he is speaking for Jim Clark. It is possible to not believe in something ethically, yet see a financial advantage in supporting it. Their is a distinction that must be made, though admitedly the line does become fuzzy when a senior person makes a statement, this is because he is often the one driving the policy. Dan Weinstein djw@pdcorp.com http://www.earthlink.net/~danjw PGP public key is available from my Home Page. All opinions expressed above are mine. "I understand by 'freedom of Spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No. Friedrich Nietzsche