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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (10538)	7/4/2005 6:38:46 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

Blodget's last review paragraph in the previous post [uplinked mssage #10538] is worth repeating for its applicability to many of the issues discussed here concerning municipal networks, alhtough I'm seriously beginnning to wonder if the bounds of such requirements end at a town's or city's limits: "In America's boom time, government-business cooperation was considered anathema to free-market principles -- 'Politicians shouldn't pick winners and losers!' In Prestowitz's view, the laissez-faire trade theories of the 19th century have no place in 2005; since he holds that many of our successes have resulted from public-private collaboration, most of his proposals for maintaining American competitiveness boil down to government taking a more active role. Pay teachers more. Help workers move between jobs by offering wage insurance and portable health coverage. Reduce oil consumption by providing incentives for efficient cars (and include S.U.V.'s in mileage regulations). Tax spending, not saving. Help strategic industries with federal loan guarantees and grants. Call 'a new Bretton Woods Conference' to set steps for reducing the role of the dollar in the world economy and so defuse the trade-deficit bomb. Whatever you think about offshoring, most of these ideas are no-brainers."

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (10538)	7/5/2005 12:07:13 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Respond to of 46821

Hi Frank, >> "The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization" by John Hagel and John Seely Brown, who have created a Web site devoted solely to it: edgeperspectives.com ]<< I'm on page 158 tonite. It fell apart at the end of Chapter 2, Offshoring, as it failed to address the 'people' part of 'market, people, product' It still hasn't addressed the question 'where do they get such men?', and why looking in Bangalore is better than looking in Tel Aviv. >>You also start sending more advanced work and then have to figure out what, if anything, you really don't want to send.'<< Boeing's wings? gone. Net management? Security? The User Interface? So many questions. petere