Why sympathy, Jon?
Sure Wired described some problems about young upstart Zulu. But, hey, heck, a young child learning to walk has problems too. More importantly, this article notes something highly Zulu prospective:
"It's a potentially lucrative business. This year, advertisers are expected to spend $1 billion -- about as much as they spend on billboards -- to place ads on top Web sites. If companies like Zulu-Tek and DoubleClick (DCLK) establish their brands and foster loyalty, they could skim off hefty commissions as Internet advertising
blossoms in coming years."
If Wired thought like you, Jon, would it have included Zulu's name with Doubleclick in the above paragraph? Why weren't other Best in Class competitors mentioned?
I suspect, based on editorial instructions from higher ups (read owners), the authors who wrote the old negative Wired stuff knew what buttons to push in order to appease that top brass. With Wired's new ownership, however, we get a substantially more objective picture of what has happened.
This article even acknowledges that the former SIMers were well-connected? Well, guess who they were well-connected to? Would you like to surmise it was the old Wired ownership? Or would you like me to do that for you?
Yes, this reporting is far more objective than what was written in the past. If anything, it shows a transition point. It's will to at least consider that the company has something going for it.
Yes, Wired presented a quality work of journalism that should been demonstrated in its last reports. What we saw today was informative, balanced and fair to both sides. I compliment the writer, Craig Bicknell. I thought his research, though difficult for the company, was something needing public description, and it wasn't presented in slam-job fashion like before.
The company also acknowledged it would have liked to have developed better relationships with its investors. The very fact of this admission is a sign of better things to come.
So why not quit your negativity, Jon. Heck, you've developed relationships with us all. Sure we've had rocky moments, but nothing which can't be healed. You don't have to join us, but you could root for us? You alone are not going to change the management of the company. But you could help those of us who've you come to know and in whom you've shared some good times and momentous debates.
If truly you are sympathetic, Jon, then send some cyber flowers to Hayton, meet him for a cup of coffee and lay it on him. Give him your input. Who knows, perhaps he'll take some of your advice and you can thereafter share video cams of San Diego.
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