On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:01 , John H Terpstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, McKeever Chris wrote: > >> John, thanks > >> that is what I suspected, although I think there was an update in aug >> 2003 (maybe it was late and it was 2002).. seemed like they had some >> good initatives going. > >Agreed. do you realise that the success rate for great ideas has not >changed much in 30 years of monitoring: It's still 1 in 52. > >In other words, we should expect 51 failures before we see project that >booms. Therefore - no disappointment, next ... :) > interesting, I wonder though who proclaims the idea as great, the idea originator or those that are observing it. I would imagine (but I probably am wrong) that if an idea is truly great, it would be supported and nutured till fruition by the observers, like Samba and other great initiatives...if the originator claims it great, it may just be a pipe dream with very little real work application ------------------------------------------- Chris McKeever If you want to reply directly to me, please use cgmckeever--at--prupref---dot---com http://www.prupref.com > ---- Prudential Preferred Properties www.prupref.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
