[35828] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: I've just tried new.net's plugin. Don't.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mdevney@teamsphere.com)
Fri Mar 16 10:16:18 2001
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 07:00:20 -0800 (PST)
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To: smd@clock.org
Cc: cscott@gaslightmedia.com, jworkman@pimpworks.org, nanog@merit.edu
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 smd@clock.org wrote:
>
> | Yup, it's all about capitalism, and nothing about technical correctness.*sigh*
>
> The long-term maximization of ROI requires technical correctness.
> Unfortunately there is often alot of arbitrage by people with
> very short-term goals. Sadly, some of the worst technologies are
> the ones that get lots of short-term interest.
>
Slightly off-topic here, but am I the only one who is concerned by the
fact that virtually all businesses define "ultra long term" as 5 years or
less? It seems that 5 years is about the limits of Capitalism's
vision... The Internet, while very young, is still 5 or 6 times that old.
Maybe the politicians and managers, by virtue of being politicians and
managers, should not be allowed to be politicians and managers. Yes, I
think that made sense, but it's 7am and I haven't slept yet tonight so I
can't be sure.
Matthew Devney
Needs Caffeine
