Re: I'm confused
We call someone a con-man when he or she finds a vulnerable, easily led, gullible person and persuades them to do something against their interests. Nigerian fraudsters didn't usually succeed against anybody with a gramme of financial awareness, but of course they weren't going for them; they even sent out emails with bad spelling to weed out people who might have an education. They were con-men.
When someone finds a large, rich corporation loaded with accountants, economists, lawyers, salespeople, marketing executives, engineers and allegedly top-rank C-suit executives, and they fall over themselves to buy what he's selling - it is much more difficult to make the case.
Admittedly there are apparently very bright and well informed people who are taken in by fraudsters. Madoff is an example. Surprisingly intelligent people fell for an obvious scam - obvious to anyone who realised that you cannot buck the stock market and property market at a high rate of return with any reliability. One assumes that they were blinded by greed. This, of course, could not apply to HP. Could it?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
