[Electronics-talk] tv's

[Christopher Chaltain]

In a world that's getting flatter and flatter, I guess you could say the
US is losing it's edge in creativity, but IMHO, that's more because with
businesses becoming more and more international, it's harder to tell and
less important to determine where creativity comes from geographically.
With respect to these TV's, it's true they're being distributed in the
UK and Ireland first, but how do we know the technology didn't come from
somewhere else, and this was nothing but a marketing decision?

My understanding of the history of corporations is a bit different. I
don't recall ever hearing that the original charter for corporations was
solving public problems, and I don't see that discuss at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_companies. In fact, the US
revolution was due in some part to the tight link between English
corporations and the abuses they were allowed to undertake due to their
close links with the English government. That's why the original US
corporations were so business focused, and their links to the government
were kept tenuous.

I've never been to business school in the US or elsewhere, but I suspect
that most corporations and especially international or transnational
corporations work towards the same goals. The US doesn't have a monopoly
on greed, corruption or the desire to make money in a capitalist
economy. Furthermore, there are plenty of examples of US corporations
engaged in philanthropic missions.

On 14/04/12 18:14, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Corporate morays differ in America from other locations on this planet.  
> In some countries a little of the original purpose for corporations is 
> chartered to solve public problems.  Enriching investors was a third 
> priority behind perpetuation of the corporations themselves.  The first 
> thing anyone going to Business School here in America hears about 
> corporations is that their purpose is to enrich their investors.  Go 
> figure.
> 
> On Sat, 14 Apr 2012, JULIE PHILLIPSON wrote:
> 
>> AT LEAST A START.  I HOPE IT CONTINUES AND EXPANDS TO OTHER DEVICES AS IT IS
>> SUPPOSE TO.ITS INTERESTING THEY STARTED IN THE UK, BUT THEN THE U S HAS LOST
>> ITS EDGE IN CREATIVITY.
>> THIS IS G----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson"
>> <deniserob at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 6:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] tv's
>>
>>
>>> Here is the site for talking TVs--just open this link
>>> http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/tvradiofilm/tvradiofilmnews/Pages/talking_television_panasonic.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:25 PM, William Vandervest
>>> <timelord09 at att.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> are there any tv's thet have accessible menues or home theater systems
>>>> with them?

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Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at gmail.com