Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!plaid!chuq From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: price increase - bad advice Keywords: price increase advice Message-ID: <69588@sun.uucp> Date: 22 Sep 88 16:52:42 GMT References: <877@motsj1.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Organization: Fictional Reality Lines: 41 >In August I mentioned to a good friend of mine at Apple >that I wanted to buy a Mac SE. My friend said to wait, >that there would be an announcement in September that >would affect prices. >So now my >SE will cost me more, not less, and my friend is sorry >and embarrased. Actually, your friend should be more than embarrsed. Leaking company proprietary information is, last I looked, a firing offense. Your friend should be worried that he might lose his job. >What I would really like is for someone at Apple to >say that they don't do this kind of thing on purpose >to stick it to their employees who talk and to the friends >who listen. Then again, maybe they do it on purpose. >Comment, Apple? I'm not Apple, but I'll comment anyway. Your friend blew it. Unannounced, company private information is not a commodity to be bantered between friends. It's a corporate resource. By blowing the whistle on this (and THEN getting it wrong!) he cost you money. He also cost you time where you might have had the machine being useful to you. He also cost his company a sale. Potentially, lots of sales. It's a situation that can get Apple into trouble with its stockholders and the SEC. It's called 'inside information' -- and it can get people sent to jail. Ask Ivan Boesky. No sympathy from this angle. You decided to listen to an unconfirmed rumor, and got burned. Your friend broke company security by distributing company proprietary information. And you're pissed at Apple? Get real. Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms