Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 08:27:24PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
>>> So they will make a custom line for WalMart only, which is crappy
>>> even though the regular products are good.
>> ...and that's their mistake. Well, their first mistake.
>
> I'm not sure that that is the first mistake. Quite likely the first
> mistake was going public, or putting the company in a place where short
> term share holder value is more important than long term viability.
I've thought that myself for a long time now. The day you put the
future of a company in the hands of modern-day stockbrokers,
shareholders and stockholders, it's doomed. Just like HP, which didn't
take a year after Bill and Dave died to make a dive for the drain. It's
just a matter of time. If you want a company to last, build it slowly
and keep it privately held.
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