From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY, TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-02 08:44:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: Subject: Re: "first-mover (dis)advantage" (was Re: is ada dead?) Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 11:44:08 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 15:44:08 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11090 Date: 2001-08-02T15:44:08+00:00 List-Id: In article , Mark Lundquist says... >Conventional wisdom in the "New Economy" was that if you had to choose >between aiming and shooting first, it was better to shoot first. This >mentality might have had something to do with so many companies' inability >to deliver value commensurate with their market valuations :-) It probably mostly had to do with the fact that the real goal was just securing large amounts of VC funding. I'd imagine that it'd be easier to get funding if you are the first company to have/announce/think of a product for the mythical market that you just made up. :-) --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com