Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
Corporate spinmeisters are quite fond of concocting warm and fuzzy
"origins" tales, and other stories that confirm the company's preferred view of disputes involving lawsuits, patents, priorities, and the like.
Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
Even such simple things as founding dates could in some cases be
subject to spin, manipulation, and debate.
Blargh, good points. :) I may be too trusting. In the absence of alternative sources, I suppose we'd have no choice, but that seems to bring up notability questions in turn (if we're planning to open that can of worms on this poor old thread). I like "trust, but verify," as a general sort of guideline, there.