I still get a sense that, given personnel changes within the corporate structure, new additions and so on, there could have been disgruntlement in transitory process. Seems as if a lot of changes have taken place what with all the short-time acquisitions. Is it unusual that discomfort and emotions could play here?
A bit of bad background--probably some true, some not--indelicately divvied out can go a long way when the talk becomes amongst reporters, especially if someone is doubly-connected to someone that's critical of past performance. Also noteworthy is the fact that Doubleclick's emergence invariably leads to people picking a favorite team. How much do street.com and Wired's affiliated interests have invested in Doubleclick?
One school of thought could be Doubleclick would love to see NETZ succeed, meaning they will also. The other, of course, is that NETZ is the enemy and must be vanquished at all costs. Another consideration: With so much in the news about Nasdaq delisting and many stocks under pressure from plain old bad economics, scams, future batmobiles or whatnot, the media would certainly seek out a target example. For Wired, NETZ fit the bill.
Street.com had to pay attention to the intense price spike and heavy volume and thought it warranted coverage. This is where I suspect an analytical connection might have existed into Wired, since it had already done an industry piece on NETZ. But this time, Wired was deep in its middle of the NETZ bombshell.
It is possible in the race for information to spread the wrong thing. What was supposed to be the stain on Monica's dress? Was OJ Simpon's really going to bury Nicole with a square shovel in the Bronco-issued plastic (inferringly body) bag? It wouldn't be the first time information got misstated, distorted or dissected in the wrong manner.
There is only one reality here: Products of the type in which Zulu-Tek offers will soon become a reality in most of our homes and businesses. In this industry, perhaps even the worst ones will do well. What worries me, is that I at least want NETZ to be one of the worst ones, if not what it says it is and can do.
There's no time to dally over finances. If they exist, they must be proven and even preliminarily released. At this point, anything close to target that is verifiable would save the diehard from jumping off of bridges, if that's what people do when they lose money. The fact that they invested here, hoping to find some money is really not their fault. Remember, except to Other Chap (the eternal question: What's his connection?) and few others, this all looked good.
In the end though, it looks like Doubleclick is more powerful than we thought. So it goes in the world of financial hypothesis. |
