> Jim Starkey wrote:
>
> A "senior" Inprise executive on contracts:
>
> "You shouldn't get hung up on legalisms. A contract isn't like
> a promise between friends. A contract is just a business deal.
> If there's an opportunity cost to fulfilling it, like you
> need the resources to develop a new product, just shag it.
> Sometime down the road you will need to pay the guy's legal
> costs and buy out the rest of the contract."
>

What in the world does this statement mean??

:)
Artur