# Business Model : aren't we passed the "kiss the customer's ass" era?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-model-arent-we-passed-the-kiss-the-customers-ass-era/359045>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 1, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-model-arent-we-passed-the-kiss-the-customers-ass-era/359045 "2006-06-01T18:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-model-arent-we-passed-the-kiss-the-customers-ass-era/359045/61 "2006-06-06T05:23:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Othersider]  
Thank you. Thankyouverymuch. 😃  
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Your welcome. If you’d like my column on it, send me email. I should be able to get it from IEEE, and since I’m the author I don’t think sending you a copy should incur any copyright issues. But the best thing about the column is pointing people to the paper. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-model-arent-we-passed-the-kiss-the-customers-ass-era/359045/62 "2006-06-06T05:36:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Voyager]  
Your welcome. If you’d like my column on it, send me email. I should be able to get it from IEEE, and since I’m the author I don’t think sending you a copy should incur any copyright issues. But the best thing about the column is pointing people to the paper. 🙂  
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Email sent.

🙂

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