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To: GraceZ who wrote (27645)	4/17/2001 10:25:16 PM
From: gpowell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

What's really sad is this is all happening at a time when everyone I know is dying to get broadband, it's all anyone ever wants to talk about. No one ever asks why you need bb anymore, they just know they want it. It reminds me of that fable about the maidens and the oil lamps. I had to look that one up. You're right it fits perfectly. I wonder how TJ looks back on his days at Silicon Graphics and @home - both companies suffered for his decisions.

To: GraceZ who wrote (27645)	4/17/2001 11:11:57 PM
From: Solid	Respond to of 29970

What's really sad is this is all happening at a time when everyone I know is dying to get broadband, Hi Grace, Knee deep in the river and dying of thirst... Though they deliver great BB and have/had the catbird branch they have been exceptionally consistent, at making some very poor decisions the last two years, for whatever the reasons, too much quiche for lunch? So, for all our bemoaning of the foibles of ATHM over the years what do you feel are the REAL causes of their problems? 1-Poor management 2-Star crossed origins with scores of interests 3-Poor management 4-Economic misfortune with current media downturns in ad revs 5-Poor management I have offered Poor management 3 times due to the myriad issues that have been cited on this thread, yet which could easily be lumped under this category. Mis-direction of focus, believing they can follow two masters and two paths concurrently with limited resources and not having the acumen nor moxy to know what the real job is and to then execute to successful completion. Am I being a little hard, sure, they deserve it too, they fell from grace long before the market did so that was earned effort. It is the network. It is knowing what your niche is and doing absolutely everything necessary to make your company strong and the best at filling it as flawlessly as earthly possible. It is getting and keeping your partners fat and happy. It is defining and refining what you offer while striving to be the first and best consistently with NO excuses, being impeccable with your word as a company. It may sound corny but they have acted many times as though they have no real respect for the shareholders. They waffled, they mislead, they changed their focus. In business as in personal life action follows intention and without strong foundations how solid are the relationships that rest upon them? Integrity of leadership, what do we substitute for this? Nada. It is, first and foremost, under all the glittering trappings of 'branding', 'marketing' and hype, delivering the goods in an expedient and exceptional way. No truer words, 'If you build it they will come.' But there is little joy in Mudville for the team with scattered management. Will ATHM still own it, or be just a memory as a name absorbed into the big machine. The shadow knows...