And this is nothing new. All the Industrial Revolution moguls supposedly did it (or had it done for them) and that "game" is going to be played well into the future because, presumably, you have to make your own breaks.
Nevertheless, I do not condone it. HALinNY -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Coleman Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 14:08 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Cringely roasts Bill At 07:04 PM 6/19/2006 -0500, jeff wrote: >At 12:14 PM 6/19/2006, you wrote: >>http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060615.html ... >>seat of his car with fast food wrappers. So Bill has to go, because as >>an icon, he's great, but as a manager, he sucks." > >How does someone go from starting a business to becoming the richest >man in the world in 30 years by being a bad manager? 2 Main contributing factors: - Jumping into an emerging technology area - Having little or no ethics Since it was an emerging technology area, laws, people's knowledge, "watch-dogs", etc were not available. Therefore, lacking ethics became a "strength" - those willing to lie, cheat, steal the most made the most gains. :-) -Charlie [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
