Re: Levels & Curves (Wilhelm)

[Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <B8514F26.564%bluedove@ccountry.net>, byard pidgeon 
<bluedove@ccountry.net> writes
>Kodak wasn't just "accused"...they were guilty.

So was Wilhelm!
>
>It wasn't simply a matter of Kodak being overly optimistic...Kodak was
>untruthful, and stonewalled when confronted with the truth,

So did Wilhelm!

>Not exactly a glorious moment in public relations.
>
Neither was the Epson saga!

>So, whatever one thinks of Wilhelm and whatever he's done lately, he was
>right about Kodak.
>
That isn't in question, but that achievement is entirely negated by the 
fact that he took the same action as Kodak when caught doing the same 
thing - trying to adhere to the results of an inadequate test for the 
medium by simply stating their test methodology.

In Wilhelm's case there were fewer commercial reasons to 'stonewall' 
with 18 months of "I'll get back to you on that" rather than a simple 
"Sorry folks, I screwed up" since he primarily provides a service rather 
than a product.  Whether you consider that an equal, better or worse 
reason for essentially the same action probably depends on your personal 
background and point of view.
-- 
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers
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