Thanks, Chris, for your comments. (01)
I have to agree fully that I don't like the commercial direction this
is taking. I don't see the relevance. I don't see the urgency. And
I repeat my earlier questions posed before we successfully derailed
the original Wednesday morning agenda about who wants this, and how
has it come to play a central role in the planning of a meeting I
took originally to be a technical meeting of the minds? (02)
I made special arrangements to come back from Wisconsin as early as
possible on Wednesday so I could at least attend the afternoon
session. I, too, am wondering whether I'm wasting my time. (03)
.bill (04)
On Mar 12, 2006, at 22:44 , Christopher Welty wrote: (05)
> (Nicola recommended I turn off the filter that was junking email to
> this
> list. This is the first message I've seen in a few weeks).
>
> So, sorry for the lack of context, but are these slides from a
> presentation we're going to be seeing at the UOS? I agree with
> John here.
> I hoped UOS would be a technical meeting in which people would
> talk about
> upper ontologies. Please someone reassure me this meeting won't be a
> complete waste of time.
>
> -Chris
>
> Dr. Christopher A. Welty, Knowledge Structures Group
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>
>
> "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: uos-convene-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 03/12/2006 10:21 PM
> Please respond to
> Upper Ontology Summit convention
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> To
> Upper Ontology Summit convention <uos-convene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc
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> Subject
> Re: [uos-convene] Backgrounder for Mills's comments
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Mills,
>
> Thanks for sending us the URL of the slides to your talk:
>
> http://www.project10x.com/downloads/MDdownloads/MDprezo/
> SemanticWaveKeynote.pdf
>
>
> But what I find frustrating about such things is that there
> are pointy-haired bosses who make business decisions based on
> the amount of eye-candy that gets stuffed into the slides.
>
> When Lou Gerstner took over as CEO of IBM in 1993, all the
> senior managers lined up with their slides ready. But Lou
> stopped them and said "Just sit down and talk to me."
>
> Many of the managers panicked at that point, but Gerstner
> did a rather decent job of turning IBM around.
>
> Are the presentations next week going to be tailored for PHBs
> or for people who try to understand something?
>
> John Sowa
>
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