Jim,

There are at least 40 things that have to go right for a new business to
be successful.  As an engineer I find it disheartening that only four or
five of them have to do with technology!

Perhaps the equipment worked great and the business plan didn't?

Greg



On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 03:58, Jim Thompson wrote:
> 
> Russell Nelson writes:
> > Jim Thompson writes:
> >  > 
> >  > Cisco purchased Clarity in Sept of 1998 for, what, $157M?
> >  > They announced the EOL on November 12, 2001.
> >  > 
> >  > Lets call it 2 years.
> >  > 
> >  > How much Clarity gear did Cisco sell?  What was the ROI on this investment?
> > 
> > Well, wait a second, Jim.  Greg was saying that yes, sales were
> > disappointing to Cisco and that's why they cancelled the product.
> > You're saying that the equipment didn't work and that's why they
> > cancelled the product.  You're never going to convince Greg that the
> > equipment didn't work by pointing to poor financial results.  That's
> > the evidence he's using to justify his conclusion.  It ain't gonna go
> > far in justifying your conclusion.
> 
> Perhaps sales were dissapointing because the equipment didn't work?
> 
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