Doug Chamberlin wrote:

>
> At 02/15/2002 11:53 AM (Friday), Artur Anjos wrote:
> > > 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??
>
> The way I read it, it means the person thinks contracts are not binding.
> That they are simply business ploys, to be discarded when inconvenient.




> No wonder the animosity toward Borland!

This is quite conclusion to draw and statement to make based on
"hearsay".