Saturday, September 21, 2002

OK, maybe irrational optimism isn't dead in the tech world after all. $7.5M to build this application? Call me shortsighted, but this doesn't seem like a sustainable business. A good idea, yes, but not a basis for a long term company. Besides, Shazam will undoubtedly run afoul of the RIAA Nazis and be punished for their good idea. 8:36:49 AM

For a long time, working in the tech world was like the old Joe Namath saying: "I can't wait for tomorrow, 'cause I get better looking every day." (Joe has a home page, imagine that.) It caused many of us, and many entire corporations, to become irrational optimists. I for one agree with the sentiment in this Reuters article that it's time to stop believing that recovery is 6 months away. We'll probably never see the go-go 90's again, at least not in this lifetime. We need to change our expectations for and about tech companies. 7:11:18 AM

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