[rescue] The end is one day nearer....

[Phil Schilling]

"Fogg, James" wrote:
> 
> This is all a good thing. IBM learned the hard way that when you try to put
> R&D in a gilded cage you get nothing usefull. Boring products with no real
> new ideas.
> 
> What this does is allow fresh new companies with fresh new ideas to spring
> up and thrive. Oddly, Compaq was once just such a company. They rose up from
> nothing and stole IBM's ideas and made them work.
> 
> Someone in HP realized this and started the "invent something" movement.
> Sadly, it feels like this initiative doesn't have the full backing of the
> exec staff/board.
> 
> The problem that companies suffer from is actually familiar to many of us.
> You start out driving 10 year old Chevy's. Then you buy a 2 year old Chevy
> and don't want to drive 10 year old Chevy's ever again. Then you buy a new
> Toyota and don't want to drive used cars ever again. Then you buy a new BMW
> and don't want to drive "family" cars ever again. Now you are in a position
> where your income MUST remain at a certain level for life to be acceptable.
> Now you are trapped. You do whatever it takes to insure your income remains
> level. You don't take that job with the exciting but risky start-up with IPO
> shares potential. You don't propose products/projects at work that are risky
> because you will jepordize your job if they go bad.
> 
> Meanwhile, someone who doesn't mind driving 10 year old Chevy's will take
> that job with the start-up. He will propose risky products/ideas because he
> can get another job anywhere because his income requirements are low. The
> start-up thrives on his new ideas, and his IPO shares make him rich (or,
> post-dot-bomb, comfortable).
> 
Sorry, don't even want to snip this.  Too bad it is too long for a sig.  Great
summation James!!  

Phil


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