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Non-Tech : Derivatives: Darth Vader's Revenge
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To: ahhaha who wrote (520)10/14/1998 5:57:00 PM
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"Since I can't think of one important or, for that matter, good American software
company, it's hard to do the equivalent for Japan. "

I don't quite agree with you here. I think our software industry is very good and highly innovative. I just wanted to make a point calling attention to the fact that the Japanese, apparently by their culture, have not been able to be competitive in this rapidly changing field. They seem to be better when competing in fields which are more mature and where the pace of change is constant or negative. Then their superior organization and attention to detail shows in the quality of their products. Their degree of innovation, at that point of the cycles, seems to be good also.

In the last ten years new industries (for example internet related) have been developed and I would like to understand what has been/is the effect of these developments in the Japanese economy..
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"if you want to go down the creativity drain, receive a Nobel prize. It is a major
distraction and few recover from the bad effects. It is similar to winning a lottery.
Failure and suffering begin as soon as you win."

It is interesting that the 82 year old MD winner made his discovery at age 65 as a consequence of a mistake made by his assistant. In fact, in agreement with your WSJ Thursday copy story, this world expert in this little field was immediately notified of the mistake. Then he made the prediction that something would happen as consequence of the mistake of his assistant but He was wrong. Reconsideration of why he was wrong led to the discovery. (Ergo before the mistake the expert had never understood his own business. Sounds familiar?)

Victor
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