[rescue] Slightly OT: Bad Cap Saga

[Joshua Boyd]

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.