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June 1, 2006
Clicking and Quattrone
Two articles elsewhere worth pointing out:- Mark Cuban on click fraud: He thinks it's big. Really big.
- A lengthy profile of banker Frank Quattrone, including Roger McNamee's list of the ten most important people in Silicon Valley history (Gordon Moore, Andy Grove, Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, John Doerr, William Hewlett, David Packard, and Frank Quattrone)
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What are your thoughts on Quattrone, Paul? Did he just get unfairly caught up in that whole Spitzer dragnet, or did he cross the line from analyst to advisor and/or promoter a few too many times?
I actually annoy myself by how sympathetic I am to Quattrone, and how hostile I am to Spitzer on this one. Yes, I understand the spinning issue, and yes, I think Quattrone's email directive on retention was wrong, but I still think the prosecution was over-zealous.
Being a White male is all about not getting caught.... Working on Wall Street society assumes you have the ethics of a teenage boy in puberty. Perhaps Frank will be the savior of the Black male. The need Education, Inclusion, Employment, and Property. I will settle for equal treatment under the law.
We ought to run a contest -- who gets the ninth and tenth slots on that "ten most important people in Silicon Valley history" list. I know who I'd pick....
-Motts