On Thu, 27 Jul 1995 01:18:25 GMT Mike Paivinen said:
>Steve Cole ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>: Technology today is like a wave crashing on the beach,  the current wave
>: appears to be the best until it crashes, then there's another wave of
>: technology
>: to take its place.  In today's world of constant technology change,  where
>: should a business invest its long term dollar?
>
>In a different context, a person said that waves no longer describe the type
>of change that is happening in business today.  Instead, we should think of
>it as a set of rapids.  There's change going on all around us, but in no
>particular direction (at least locally), but there is overall movement.
 
Or, as an old Tennessee joke goes, two hikers in the Smokies startle a large
grizzly bear.  One turns to run, and the other says "Why are you running?  A
grizzly can outrun a car!" to which the first replies "I don't have to outrun
the bear, I just have to get in front of YOU!"
 
[\] Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>