Re: UKNM: Burn Rate

[Duncan Clubb]

Indeed. Wolff wrote a highly entertaining book, but it obviously comes out of the

'bitter and twisted' camp - bit like Cringely, really.  Still, he got one major

thing right - as in almost every sphere that they operate in, the one group of

guaranteed winners is the bankers.


aye

duncan


Paul Murphy wrote:


> >I'd agree that Burn Rate is a "must read". But the really disappointing

> >thing is the website

>

> is a marvellous book - also worth seeing are the comments on amazon <seems

> to be either one star or 5 stars> especially the ones by ex-employees:

>

> A reader from New York , January 16, 1999

> Those who can't, write.

>

> I worked at CMP during the time Wolff writes about. While some of what he

> says is true, his descriptions of people in the company is cruel and

> insensitive. He describes one of the best journalists in the computer

> industry as "a drawf in a wheelchair" I believe. And he belittles the

> founders of CMP, Gerry and Lilo Leeds, for the crime of being old.

> They've accomplished

> more than Wolff ever could dream of. But, I suppose he has a family to

> feed, too, and the only way to do it is to insult, offend, draw caricatures

> instead of real people. One thing I will say for all the people at CMP

> involved in Netguide in the early days--they were trying, and sure they made

> mistakes. But so what? Everyone screws up. May Wolff be able to retire on

> the royalties of his book, or live off his lawyer wife. One sure thing--ain't

> nobody gonna want to be *his* business partner. Burn those bridges, Mike!


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