NODE f0c69ef4Re: Netscape speaks with a forked tongue:
"Tim Cook" <twcook@cts.com>Fri, 8 Dec 95 23:06:23 PST
>
> 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>.
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NODE d57eeef3Re: Netscape speaks with a forked tongue:
djw@pdcorp.com (Dan Weinstein)Fri, 8 Dec 95 23:41:26 PST
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.
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