Daniel P. B. Smith <wikipedia2006(a)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(a)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.