On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:44:55 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:

bpuharic wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:29:13 -0700, Canuck57


I worked for NorTel as we smashed ATT's Western Electric into the
ground. Free market capitalism rocks. The lethargic idiots made a
product that no one wanted and we made ones companies wanted. Their
appathy was their doom.

ROFLMAO!!!! you were one of the companies that helped drive ATT into
the ground!!!



I don't know when you joined ATT. I worked at Bell Labs starting in
1964. In my opinion, the reson ATT went down hill after the breakup is
that there was no "marketing" expertise. After being a regulated
monopoly for so long there was no one with the company that had a clue
as how to survive in a competitive market place.

actuallly they had a business model based on a 1970 market rather than
a 1990 one. they did things extremely well..won more nobel prizes
than any other company, and more than most universitiesl...but still
had to transition to a non regulated environment

It took a long time for the "design to last 20 years" mentality to be
put aside.

yep...that was a problem.



So blame ATT, not its competitors.

?? that's kind of the way the free market works, right?