To: Maurice Winn who wrote (214 ) 8/30/2001 3:45:48 PM From: Theophile Respond to Maurice, I got the picture about why GSTRF was a hold. The problem being the execution was not getting better, but getting worse. Gateways delayed, handsets delayed. And there was NO COMPARISON to IRID from what I could see. I completely ignored the marketing angle of "what if they don't come now that it's built", and focused strictly upon execution and management's discussions about the excuses for it not being on time. Somehow there were so many missed dates and sloppy deals for getting the network accepted by incumbents, later to be disclosed as purely the fault of VOD, that I simply took what was left and fled.possibly be that Reuters, the largest news organization on this planet, could have any interest in reporting facts in such a way as to sustain the status quo? They do not report the facts about swaps with Qwest, or SBC; what gives? Anyone that was around when Watergate hit remembers: the news organizations were SILENT. Only an independent organization, the Washington Post, published anything at all. And Nixon tried to squash the Post financially because they kept printing the story. Nothing like unrestrained Fascism. Look at the crap the media puts out about the various assassinations which occurred leading up to Watergate. Why go against all of that bad rap with an investment, people legitimately ask. Why not go with those in favor with the press. LIKE LVLT???? No way. I went into GX too early. Now? GX is like Baghdad during the cruise missile attacks. Baghdad still stands.
