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I didn't mean that 24x7 of their labor was supposed to be gratis. It's just that there are people who used to manage to speak at COMMON, and/or participate in newsletters, who dropped back from one or the other because of either a change of employer who didn't want them giving something away for nothing, or they independently found someone willing to pay them for what they were doing for nothing. Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "Hall, Philip" <phall@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 11/06/2003 02:44 PM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject RE: Congratulations to Scott Klement! I wasn't implying either a) or b). In your original post you state that people "don't want to give away what they can charge for" - granted, there are things that one can do as a loss leader but your statement seems to be the basic tenet for earning a living, either as self employed or as a business entity. But you may do business differently in your part of the world. > -----Original Message----- > From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx] > > So, what you're telling me is that everyone who speaks at COMMON are > either: > a) People of independent means > b) People who are destitute? > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx] > > > > Seems there's been a few people who don't want to > > give away what they can charge for. (Like maybe some of > > the people no longer speaking at COMMON.) > > And they are to make a living how then, Rob ? _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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