Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Beating Dead horses
From: redherring <4season@boulder.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 21:34:08 -0700
 
"Live Different"

Jeff

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one
> generation to the next, says that when you discover you are
> riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
> However, in modern business, because of the heavy investment
> factors to be taken into consideration, often other strategies
> have to be tried with dead horses, including the following:
> 
> 1. Buying a stronger whip.
> 2. Changing riders.
> 3. Threatening the horse with termination.
> 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
> 5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead
> horses.
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