{"id":3038,"date":"2000-12-13T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2000-12-13T21:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smperformance.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/28\/stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-121300\/"},"modified":"2000-12-13T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2000-12-13T21:40:07","slug":"stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-121300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stratvantage.com\/index.php\/2000\/12\/13\/stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-121300\/","title":{"rendered":"StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 12\/13\/00"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 12\/13\/00<\/h1>\n

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T<\/strong>he News \u2013 12\/13\/00<\/h1>\n

Unknown, Failed Search Engine Assets Worth $9M<\/h2>\n

Raise your hand if you\u2019ve ever heard of Scour.<\/strong> Anyone?<\/strong> Anyone? Class? I didn\u2019t think so. Well, now that lots of dot-coms with shaky business propositions are going belly up, Mike Doonesbury\u2019s business plan is becoming more and more viable.<\/strong> (The cartoon tycoon runs a company that buys distressed dotcom inventory.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Scour was a search engine.<\/strong> One of umpty-umpty search engines. Oh wait. It was also a file-sharing company. How cutting edge.<\/strong> Anyway, CenterSpan Communications (Class?) had the winning bid of $9 million.<\/strong> Included in the assets was Scour\u2019s P2P file-sharing technology.<\/strong> Turns out this is what killed the company, which was driven into bankruptcy by recording industry lawsuits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Centerspan, I\u2019d be careful out there!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wired News <\/a><\/p>\n

Greatest Japanese Invention of the 20th Century?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s see. The VCR?<\/strong> The musical toilet? Hello Kitty?<\/p>\n

According to a recent poll, the Japanese feel their greatest 20th century invention was .<\/strong> . . instant noodles.<\/strong> The delicacy, invented in 1958, edged out karaoke and the Walkman.<\/strong> My favorite, the films of Akira Kurosawa, placed a very appropriate number seven.<\/strong> (Kurosawa\u2019s best known work is The Seven Samurai<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who says the Japanese lack a sense of irony?<\/strong><\/p>\n

BBC News <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Evernote: StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 12\/13\/00 Clipped from: http:\/\/www.stratvantage.com\/news\/121300.htm The News \u2013 12\/13\/00 Unknown, Failed Search Engine Assets Worth $9M Raise your hand if you\u2019ve ever heard of Scour. Anyone? Anyone? Class? I didn\u2019t think so. Well, now that lots of dot-coms with shaky business propositions are going belly … <\/p>\n

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