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Too bad about the DARPA contract

Too bad about the DARPA contract

Posted Mar 30, 2006 9:01 UTC (Thu) by gowen (guest, #23914)
In reply to: Too bad about the DARPA contract by roskegg
Parent article: Money trouble at OpenBSD

By accepting it, he triggered their expectations of reciprocity
No, he triggered their expectations of basic politeness and human decency. If you take a man off the street and give him a hot meal you also don't expect reciprocity, but you don't expect him to tell you that your wife's ugly. And if he does, aren't you justified in not giving him dessert?


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