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(...) Well, the outplacement stuff is standard practice when firing in Europe. I think the Unions might get upset otherwise... Jasper (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, in the area of browsers I guess I would tend to choose Communicator over IE. But, in general, Mac users are more accustomed to getting very little of anything and paying more for it when they get it, so wouldn't it make a lot of sense (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Michael Hopkins: : What a disappointment! I go to this page, and I get the message "We do not : support Internet Explorer for Mac." You have a Mac and you use Internet Explorer? Why? On a system that offers you as much freedom as (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Right. It was just a thought, albeit not necessarily a good one. MLM wouldn't work with lego because as you indicate, it's a toy: it couldn't generate enough cash to float because the product line is too narrow. Amway is really for people who (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36abdc17.2168556@lu...et.com>... (...) Sure, but TLG isn't a pyramid scheme, so there's a big difference. Amway has to hit a slump, because there's only so many people willing to sign on as salespeople. TLG is a toy (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I find this to be very cool, if it actually works. I say this only because probablity dictates that there is not a 100% success rate. But nonetheless if TLG is anything like the Amway Corp., that's great. On another tangent, wouldn't that be (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've got a little bit of authority to speak to this. My employer, Amway Corporation, has (from the organizational side of things) some similarities to TLG[1]. They are family-owned, multi-national companies. They have both been in a slump (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. In all likelihood, no. They are very protective. But I find it very interesting that TLG has let LDraw hang around this long - it obviously copies their own pieces, not just 2x4's: IMO, a flagrant violation of their copyrighted (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Muhahahaa...This damned typos.:-D I prefer leaving my english spell checker off, since I also use Turkish, obviously much more than in my messages. I'd better not to..:-D Selçuk (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) government (...) I won't call it snuggling if you won't... but the ladies might have a different opinion. As a U.S. citizin, I won't even get into the topic of government & snuggling :-) -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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