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At 12:30 AM -0700 5/14/00, Monte C. Smith wrote:
>Closed Friday at about 2 1/2....a 'little' off its high of 12 1/2 last
>July. Looking suspiciously unlike a 'buying opportunity.' Perhaps
>management should examine (to say REexamine would presuppose something
>that probably isn't true) their 'big beliefs' about not trying "to
>identify or create products that are better than existing solutions."
>There is a great deal of blatant stupidity in many corporate environs.
Their apparent strategy certainly appears to be different than any I
have run across:
> Replace a decent product with a new version that is unusable
for at least a year after introduction.
> Piss off your most influential customers with buggy products and
poor support.
> Shift your business model from one where you have a virtual
monopoly to one where you are one of a thousand players, many with
a thousand time more resources, in a business that is rapidly
becoming a commodity.
I must be missing something obvious...
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