in reply to Perl Wipeout!!

Hey there guys,
Thank you for your comments. The problem with alot of the responses I got on this board, and others on unrelated topics, is that Americans automatically assume people live in the US. If I were in the US, I would have had no problems. I don't though, and geting into partnerships online with someone from a different country (he is in the US) is interesting and fun, yet is full of snags.

The partnership we formed is based on mutual trust. But I needed to safegaurd myself in case we start getting a great deal of traffic and he decideds to cut me off. Sure, I know there is that risk. That is why I thought of a backup plan.

Please do not assume that my intentions were malicious. I would have gone to a hackers forum and asked some 15 year old to give me the code. I looked for a decent perl forum that would be perused by adults.

I appreciate your comments, although some were crude, the rest were based on logic and rationale that cannot always be followed when you do not live in the US.

I hope to frequen this site, for I am trying..TRYING to teach myself perl and will hopefully bump into you along the way.

Thank You

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Re: Re: Perl Wipeout!!
by perigeeV (Hermit) on May 27, 2001 at 22:54 UTC
    Mine was probably one of the crude responses! Please pardon my American skepticism. I was/am a businessman before I learned my first "Hello World." Part of my past duties have been the dissolution of business partnerships. A nastiness near that of divorce lawyers.

    My previous advice still holds. I kept my response very short and succinct because I am not a lawyer, and anything I tell you will be misleading. As you say, your laws can be very different from mine. Your situation demands more attention than I or anyone could provide within this forum.

    In my past experiences I see very few "handshake" partnerships last long at all. If the business/idea fails then there will be problems in distribution of assets. Even such intangibles as copyrights can cause no end of hate and fury. If the idea does succeed then you've got distrust and backstabbing to go along with your growing pains. In one case there were two partners that had literally been best friends since childhood. After being in business together for six months they were preying on each other like animals. PLEASE get yourself a lawyer. I don't care where you live. If your partner is American, then you need to assume he is going to act like one.

    I apologize if my response to you seemed less than cordial. I truly do wish you the best of luck.

    Regards,
    JeffK

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