[coyotos-dev] Hi + some stuff I found researching

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 15:28 -0400, Wes Kussmaul wrote:
> Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote: 
> > On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 10:31 -0400, Wes Kussmaul wrote:
> >   
> > > Mobility of capital is the culprit.
> > >     
> > 
> > Actually, this is not correct. The real culprit is something called
> > "lock in".
> >   
> How about "Crap in a hurry really does win in the market not only
> because customers jump at features over quality but because crap in a
> hurry lets vendors hit the quarterly unit volume, revenue and earnings
> targets that they promised the analysts, who serve those who are going
> to bail out of the stock as soon as it hits those numbers."
> 
> I really think we're saying the same thing. You're looking at the
> market for the product, I'm looking at the market for the stock. The
> same crap drives both.

Both are important factors. Fortunately, there are markets where quality
actually matters.

shap