RE: Key to History (was AS/400 Heritage)

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LOL

That's the kind of pessimism I aspire to.  It does bring up the question of
whether it's an invariant property of the system, or something that could be
fixed.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@leif.org]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:07 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Key to History (was AS/400 Heritage)
> 
> 
> From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
> 
> > Atari ST--same story--same processor, same rap as game 
> machine, some cool
> > features pcs and macs couldn't touch--except Atari 
> management was even
> > worse.
> 
> 
> We see this again and again. Great products die because of bungling
> management.
> C.S. Lewis (as quoted by Fred Brooks) has said:
> 
> "That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - 
> civilizations are
> built up -
> excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes 
> wrong. Some
> fatal
> flaw always brings the selfish and cruel people to the top, 
> and then it all
> slides
> back into misery and ruin. In fact, the machine conks. It 
> seems to start up
> all right
> and runs a few yards, and then breaks down"
> 
> 
> 
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