Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site l5.uucp Path: utzoo!lsuc!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!ptsfa!l5!laura From: laura@l5.uucp (Laura Creighton) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Why not now Message-ID: <251@l5.uucp> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 12:50:43 EST Article-I.D.: l5.251 Posted: Thu Nov 7 12:50:43 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 19:46:22 EST References: <156@mck-csc.UUCP> <28200254@inmet.UUCP> <160@mck-csc.UUCP> Reply-To: laura@l5.UUCP (Laura Creighton) Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco Lines: 33 > >The point I was trying to make is the cost of gaining such information >is extremely high. Is it actually going to be cheaper to go out and access >this sort of information every time it is to be needed than it is to >have the information confirmed for every supplier. > >If this isn't clear, take the case of doctors. Is it cheaper for me to >investigate a Large number of possible doctors and look into their history >and get references and contact these references, etc. than it is for >me to support a lisensing board which specifies a certain minimum >requirements and gives me some sort of recourse when these minimums are >not met? > >Bernie Gunther I expect that it will be cheaper for you to buy a report from the Doctor Investigating Cooperative. Moreover, if they collect lots of facts about doctors you could probably get a doctor who is more suited to yourself. Instead of just a ``passed these minimum standards'' you could also specify that you want your doctor to pass other standards in courtesy, promptness and compassion which are not currently on the medical exams... -- Help beautify the world. I am writing a book called *How To Write Portable C Programs*. Send me anything that you would like to find in such a book when it appears in your bookstores. Get your name mentioned in the credits. Laura Creighton sun!l5!laura (that is ell-five, not fifteen) l5!laura@lll-crg.arpa