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To: Pallisard who wrote (7651)	1/28/1999 3:42:00 PM
From: Emmo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27311

Nothing like a fresh dose of racism to keep this thread in the gutter. "Pallisard", is this a handle for Reggie White?

To: Pallisard who wrote (7651)	1/28/1999 4:00:00 PM
From: P. Ramamoorthy	Respond to of 27311

Pallisard - Re.:"...inventive crest a few thousand years ago, having been displaced by Europeans..." Clarification - I did not mean to suggest that orientals are not inventive. I believe everyone is equally creative. USA has the infrastructure (several billion dollars of funding) to promote and develop new ideas that may or may not lead to useful inventions. There are thousands of PhD dissertations, universities, national labs, technical journals, societies, and conferences, etc. Europe and other regions can not afford to spend so much (i.e., the risk/reward discourages them). They would rather focus (their funds) on manufacturing by copying those "proven" US inventions - one of the complaints in Barrons' article. Ram

To: Pallisard who wrote (7651)	1/28/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: MGV	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27311

You are not only an embarrassment to VLNC longs. You are an embarrassment to America.

To: Pallisard who wrote (7651)	1/28/1999 9:01:00 PM
From: John Curtis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

Pallisard: The Chinese suffered the benefits, and the negative aspects, of having invented the monster that we all fight in one manner or another today. What's that? The idea of bureaucracy, indeed they invented the bureaucratic state. A great idea at the beginning because of the power the organization implied. However, longer term, as we all know in the corporate world, bureaucracy stifles innovation. Hence the Chinese didn't capitalize on some of their inventions(not to mention cultural distinctions, eh?). As for the Japanese.....well....consider that ~100 years ago they were a feudal society, and from that time until now their story has been one of a culture that basically went from feudal to modern industrial without the intervening stages the west went through(some I'm sure would say this is a good thing, given all the blood involved)....If you consider them in this light then it's easier to understand their manner of allegiances to large public/political bodies...of course, that's merely my opinion. Perhaps some of the Asians lurking out there can point out my errors....I'd love to hear some of THEIR points of view. Regards! John~

To: Pallisard who wrote (7651)	1/29/1999 12:01:00 PM
From: Gordon Quickstad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27311

You underestimate the creativity and resourcefulness of our Asian neighbors. They know they can't influence new markets because of differences in culture and marketing strategies so they wait for the dust to settle and then go with what the market has decided. Sony tried to get the world to go with superior Betamax but the world wanted VHS. Once the ball is rolling, think of the creativity it requires to create the quality at the prices they do. Ever think of trying to make a $200 4 head VCR in your workshop? There's transportation cost and dealer markup in there too.