Interestingly enough...
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| Author | Content |
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| land0 Mar 07, 2009 12:22 PM EDT |
..."Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different Results" is also an excepted definition for a fool. Hmmm... |
| Scott_Ruecker Mar 07, 2009 12:29 PM EDT |
Actually its one of the definitions for insanity..but close enough..;-) |
| caitlyn Mar 07, 2009 2:28 PM EDT |
I do think that while Carla has a point here that the problem of short-term thinking is pretty much endemic in American business and American society as a whole. Proprietary software is just a part of a much bigger problem. |
| DiBosco Mar 07, 2009 7:13 PM EDT |
The issue isn't just limited to American business, caitlyn, I am sorry to say, |
| tracyanne Mar 07, 2009 7:57 PM EDT |
Definitely not limited to American businesses. |
| caitlyn Mar 07, 2009 8:08 PM EDT |
Well... I said American society as a whole. Perhaps I should have said Western society as a whole. However, since I am not at all up to date on how European businesses think and I haven't even been to Australia I didn't feel qualified to comment on other places. |
| montezuma Mar 08, 2009 9:40 AM EDT |
It's a function of the rapid decay time of discussion and ideas. If a new idea doesn't take hold in public discourse in the US within a few news cycles it is considered irrelevant by many. If a company does not deliver money to shareholders within 6 months it is considered a failure by many. The truth or value of the idea is only of secondary importance. What is more important is popular impact. Andy Warhol and Marshall McLuhan saw this coming decades ago. |
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