Stephen Touset <stephen@touset.org> writes: > On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 03:31, Paul Johnson wrote: >> Stephen Touset <stephen@touset.org> writes: >> >> > I've seen bullshit legal boilerplate on emails from a lot of small >> > companies (including those from the CEO of a company I work for), and I >> > can't help but giggle at how silly the whole premise is. >> >> Ever explain it to them why it's so silly? > > Yes, actually. Unfortunately, the only response I've ever gotten is > something akin to, "Every other executive (of small companies that never > seem to go anywhere) does it. It's an industry standard." What happens when you tell them the truth about the matter in response? Nike and Tektronix *don't* do it, for example. > The argument that it's literally 100% bullshit and not binding in any > way (just because you say it's illegal to read the email doesn't > actually mean it is) seems to be completely lost on them. I haven't yet > tried the approach of telling them what kind of impression it gives > others, though. That virtual used-car salesman combover. They seem to think that if they can't impress us with products/services, they should baffle us with wannabe-legalese bullshit. -- .''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian. Because it *must* work. debian.org aboutdebian.com
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