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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: An open letter to C=
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Date: 11 Mar 91 18:49:44 GMT
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In article <19717@cbmvax.commodore.com> dlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dale Larson) writes:
>
>> You should make sure you get an official response
>>from a Commodore employee or, barring that, from your dealer. The
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>
>Bzzt.  Wrong answer.  There is a difference between Commodore the entity
>and the people who work for Commodore.  Most of the people who work for
>Commodore are not authorized to (and won't) speak as representatives of
>Commodore the entity.  Also note that there is a lot more than one

	BUT, if some employee of Commodore (from the local
country's sales division) makes a comment/promise without
specifically denying that he is speaking on behalf of Commodore,
he has spoken for the company as far as the law is concerned.
Whether he was authorized to do so is irrelevant.
	-- Ethan


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