Rob,
Sort of OT and ranging far afield... I noticed your allusions to the Yahoo Seagate thread and checked it out for the first time in quite awhile. Quite a lot of volume but not much substance.
Interesting post of yours: messages.yahoo.com
<<The German's Tiger and Panther tanks were far superior to the Sherman tanks in WWII, but the U.S. had a huge numerical advantage and these sheer numbers won the day on the battlefield. Seagate is in a similar position with their sheer numbers advantage in their bank account. They can exchange a dollar lost for every dollar that the competition loses and fight another day. That is what will matter!>>
Interesting how 1999 technological discussions can be influenced by monumental battles of World War II. Many analogies could be made to the Battle of Kursk. History can jump up and help you through the present if you learn the lessons of the past.
h-net2.msu.edu
Excerpt:
<<Yet during 1943, and considering only tanks, Soviet production of 27,300 exceeded losses by nearly 5,000; Germany produced only 10,747 tanks, for a net gain of less than 2,000. As usual, after stirring propaganda, Hitler and the National Socialist Gauleiter carefully avoided putting strains on the population. German factories continued to work a single shift; amusements, such as horseracing, were not curtailed. Hitler insisted that the Herrenvolk could defeat Untermenschen through superior will, not to speak of the Germans' inherent peerless mental and military abilities. An overwhelming majority of Germans agreed with him. They, too, turned out to be gamblers. >>
Sometimes, when you believe you have a superior product, you get complacent. Then you die.
Couldn't help commenting on an interesting historical reference,
Paul |
