Xerox Parc

From: blstuart_at_bellsouth.net <(blstuart_at_bellsouth.net)>
Date: Thu Nov 7 21:15:00 2002

In message <3DC8F594.11355.9004F8_at_localhost>, nerdware_at_ctgonline.org writes:
>All in all, PARC is a classic example of what happens when a
>group of brilliant scientists has to answer to a larger group of suits
>and bean counters.

Except that in today's environment, the suits and bean counters either
don't provide a place for the group of brilliant scientists to assemble
or they constrain the work to only those projects that have a high
ROI. Imagine an environment where you can't get the money to deploy
an experimental system until you can demonstrate that it will pay
for itself in less than 3 years. Of course, you have to take into
account the goobers who cut all of your revenue estimates in half.

Sorry to drift OT, but I've been increasingly worried that the
business world has been selling it's future to raise this
quarter's stock price.

Brian L. Stuart
Received on Thu Nov 07 2002 - 21:15:00 GMT