23rd October 2003, 10:47 AM
Well, if they admitted publically that it was a failure WHILE doing it, that would be the final bit of idiocy. Denial of failure WHILE failing is something ALL businesses do. Does it save them... AT ALL? I can't think of any that have, but at the very least it means any investors won't be pulling out quite yet until it's a CONFIRMED failure. After such a spectacular failure, the one in charge will get promoted. You see, the more money is wasted, and the more spectacular the failure, the most succesful the individual who spearheaded it will be. Yes, that's a VERY cynical observation, but looking at many things like this, it seems it's VERY true. Dogbert first noticed this...
That's why the guy trying to make the Phantom is actually GETTING investors, even after the countless failures before this doomed project :D.
That's why the guy trying to make the Phantom is actually GETTING investors, even after the countless failures before this doomed project :D.
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