stunning, frank -- appreciate the lengthy reply.
>Boohham, Lumenon, Nanovation, LightPath, SilkRoad, Optical Coating Labs, Templex, Blaze, to name just a few who are both component makers and network element vendors, alike, are some of the new names on the street which are turning the heads.<
yeah, but which ones will eventually be the best investments, frank?! <vbg>
speaking of which, some Lumenon OTC-BBers crashed the JDS-Uniphase board a month or so ago and were quickly, and not so gracefully, booted out the servants' entrance.
i'm not very familiar with many of the names you cited, however, at first blush, Nanovation struck me as intriguing (and credible enought to post) given the brandname execs they've lured and the impending IPO by solly.
why be trapped in a copper cage? if we can further digress, that gut-busting post by ray quickly reminded me of this reverse Planet of the Apes pseudo-experiment. enjoy ...
Apes and Paradigm Paralysis
Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it. Before long, an ape will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the apes with cold water.
After a while, another ape makes an attempt with the same result---all the apes are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another ape tries to climb the stairs, the other apes will try to prevent it.
Now, turn off the cold water. Remove one ape from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new ape sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his horror, all of the other apes attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five apes and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.
Again, replace a third original ape with a new one. The new one makes it to the stairs and is attacked as well. Two of the four apes that beat him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are participating in the beating of the newest ape.
After replacing the fourth and fifth original apes, all the apes which have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced.
Nevertheless, no ape ever again approaches the stairs. Why not?
Because that's the way it's always been around here.
***And that's how the ________ process works...***
(fill in the blank with your favorite bureaucracy, e.g., Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Congressional Budget, etc.) |
