To: Mike Buckley who wrote (13942 ) 1/3/2000 3:23:00 PM From: Bruce Brown Respond to
Happy New Year from this side of the pond! How were the fireworks in Vienna? .....but I think it's impossible to be too focused on nailing down the term. Even Moore & Gang wrote in their introduction that they hope the sophisticated investors will respect the Gorilla Game for what it is and intends to do (or something to that effect.) If we don't scrutinize the use of the difference between a Gorilla and a King, we've got no sound foundation of understandable terminology to fall back on. Gorilla appears far too often in the press and media in relation to stocks that we all know darn well are not 'gorillas', but the term is out there and as long as we focus here on 'our' terminology and name what is and what isn't - that's what matters. We know it is a rare thing and what it takes to qualify to be a true gorilla. However, the financial press doesn't. Anything big and dominant they call a gorilla. This irks me, but I'm getting tired of trying to correct that and think our energy (since we know what is and what isn't) should be focused here rather than educatin' them unknowing types out there. Is this wrong? Should we spend time enriching and educating those less 'in the know'? Inside the Tornado called a few big thinks a "Gorilla". Yes, he refined that in both issues of The Gorilla Game and altered his terminology to include the term Godzilla. His vascillation (is that even a word?) between the terms shouldn't be confused with his message of the elements that are required for domination in the technology adoption life cycle. I agree that we should challenge, polish and promote the real term gorilla together with our understanding here. I believe you used the word 'scrutinize'. However, the financial media will continue to call companies like EMC, JDS Uniphase, Dell, AOL and anything 'large' and dominant a gorilla because they simply don't know any better. We all know better - much better. As we have found here, there is and can be a challenge on what to call an EMC, a JDS Uniphase or even an Intel. We know what it takes to make absolute, without a doubt proof of a Gorilla. Yet, there are discrepancies which I view as a positive thing because it forces thought. It is no wonder to me that Moore himself continually appears to run into 'gray matter'.
