I agree entirely with you..the technology was fine, still is...what i said was that 'overpaid analysts' (some who had no right commenting on tech & business)misled gullible and not so gullible business/IT people into imagining dotcoms were a replacement for proven brick and mortar business models.
Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Nambale/Bushnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:14:31 +0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > HA ! > > Hold it right there lady, it wasn't the technology that was to blame for > that... It was the good ol' bean counters > (http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/newbofh/bofh24apr.htm) with their > ingenious ways of obfuscating issues. The technology still lives on, it's > the accountants and their venture capital friends that have been burnt and > burnt hard. But look what they did to an old brick and mortar > establishment like Enron...Wizards that's what they are. > > Anyway we could not have jumped onto that bandwagon because we do not even > have anything close to a tech company on our securities exchange. But > again, beware of the bean counters. After messing up IT now they ask > whether IT does matter....http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/doesitmatter.html, > How brazen? > > CN > > > > "Joyce Kyeyune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 08/26/2004 06:54 PM > Please respond to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc > > Subject > Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > > > > > > > I guess that's why we had the like of the dot com dot bomb: > > overpaid analysts predicting the end of sound business models: overated > IPOs, "death to the old brick business model"; Companies were advised to > "unload the baggage of hard assets, like factories or oilfields, which > hold you back in the digital long jump, and concentrate on buzz and brand" > > This is perhaps the only time I'm glad Uganda is somewhat of a laggard in > jumping on tech bandwagons... > > Joyce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:38:10 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > > > On Wednesday 25 August 2004 18:32, Joyce Kyeyune wrote: > > > History repeats itself. I'm sure our great great grandchildren will be > > > squealing with laughter when they read things like linux was once > > > Microsoft's poor cousin. > > > > So much for still expecting virii and worms to be carried on floppies > > adequately etched "Doom" or "Prince", or something like that. > > > > I guess history has successfully shown that some of these overpaid > analysts > > aren't always right. > > > > Who knew that Sir Frank Whittle superior(s) at the RAF back in the late > > 1920's/early 1930's would tell him that the jet engine was a > preposterous > > idea, and that it would NEVER fly? > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > -- > _____________________________________________________________ > Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. > From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. > > Powered by Outblaze > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
