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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 [email protected] 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
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