SemiOT: Mourning for Classic Computing

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Thu Aug 16 06:15:53 2001

> >What I don't like is dog-and-pony shows, too much sturm und drang.
>
> It's all about sturm und drang.

We had a kid in the neighborhood who was a great show-off...
he used to ride his bicycle head-on at cars, doing a wheely,
then veer off at the last second.

I figured if he survived to adulthood, then there'd be a
job in marketing for him.

> Programming contests are another deal. They're just about academic
> programming. Demos are more like MTV on a computer screen.

Yeah, and I always considered MTV to be one big marketing
outlet. At least I appear to have this in perspective now...

I've always believed that consumers should research the products they
purchase, and that a good product will sell itself. Marketing merely
raises the ultimate costs of a product, so perhaps you'll understand
why I don't have a very high opinion of it. Or of a generation or
programmers who rose to serve marketing's needs.

Regards,
-dq
Received on Thu Aug 16 2001 - 06:15:53 BST