>> I don't know, maybe I'm too sensitive, but I get this strange taste
>> in my mouth when I come across self-exalting sagas written by small
>> business owners with big egos.
...
>
>Hey, at least the Propeller guy uses the "we" particle. Being a small
>business owner myself I tend to give credit to their claims. While I
>certainly didn't create the automotive test equipment I currently sell
>alone, all the creative effort was mine. So cut the guys some slack. They
>probably went through hell to get their stuff working.

Sure they did but ...

>Intelligent and creative people are very expensive and small business
>owners usually can't afford none other than themselves.

That doesn't mean that the plural tense should not be used. I would get 'bad 
vibes' looking at a job with a small outfit where the interviewer kept using 
'I', even if a one man band. Use of the 'royal We' is the correct form to 
convey to people. 

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