"I.B.M. 000-181 commissioned the book and then kind of stayed out of the way," Mr. Maney said.
The authors seemed to appreciate the corporate-sponsored opportunity for in-depth research and writing. "This project was much more intellectually stimulating than anything I did at Business Week," Mr. Hamm said. (Mr. Hamm is now employed by I.B.M.; 000-181 Mr. Maney and Mr. O'Brien are not.
"The world for the information worker has gotten worse," he said. "Today's information environment is like huge library without a Dewey decimal system."
"There are certainly reasons why a couple may not wish to marry," added Camilla Taylor, marriage project director at Lambda Legal. "People with certain immigration statuses might want to think very carefully before getting married. There are some types of visas that are meant to be temporary, and if you get married to someone who is a citizen, it could flag your renewal application and reflect your more permanent decision to stay."
The initial audience for the book, according to Mr. Iwata, is I.B.M. employees, partners and customers - and the 524,000 copies in the first print run were mainly for them. Even for that crowd, he added, "the book had a higher chance of being absorbed and credible if it was done by people of authority. But that means you can't rein them in."
The authors seemed to appreciate the corporate-sponsored opportunity for in-depth research and writing. "This project was much more intellectually stimulating than anything I did at Business Week," Mr. Hamm said. (Mr. Hamm is now employed by I.B.M.; 000-181 Mr. Maney and Mr. O'Brien are not.
"The world for the information worker has gotten worse," he said. "Today's information environment is like huge library without a Dewey decimal system."
"There are certainly reasons why a couple may not wish to marry," added Camilla Taylor, marriage project director at Lambda Legal. "People with certain immigration statuses might want to think very carefully before getting married. There are some types of visas that are meant to be temporary, and if you get married to someone who is a citizen, it could flag your renewal application and reflect your more permanent decision to stay."
The initial audience for the book, according to Mr. Iwata, is I.B.M. employees, partners and customers - and the 524,000 copies in the first print run were mainly for them. Even for that crowd, he added, "the book had a higher chance of being absorbed and credible if it was done by people of authority. But that means you can't rein them in."
