19 Aug
2014
19 Aug
'14
3 p.m.
On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:32:38 -0000, "Eric C. Miller" said:
I thought that keeping up with the times is part of basic necessity of business.
Yes, but here in the US, a precedent got set when some communications companies got given really sweet deals to encourage them to deploy next-gen broadband, and the companies instead pocketed the money. We're kind of stuck with this sort of thing until Wall Street stops emphasizing quarterly profits over long-term strategic development.