...and her Poet Shareholders Association? Somewhere she is sadly shaking her head. It's a pity she took so much abuse for an idea that could have come in handy now.

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/609017-poet-shareholders-association/messages/1909321#message

Gentlemen,

Thank you both for your thoughts, certainly supported by some circumstancial evidence.

Interesting times, to watch Warrior as well as the TRAB, which has also raised a similar enigma for us, in that it was formed about two years ago, recently confirmed still in operation, and suggested others have joined that subgroup; and that they come forward from time to time to POET senior management with questions; and about the time of its formation was a suggestion, I seem to recall, that rather than money, 80 or so engineers working on development would be just as valuable as cash. It seems again that below the surface, like Warrior, this too is another wild card yet to land.

Just thoughts, again thank you for your hypotheses.

As always...Pauline

Hi Folks,

My husband and I were discussing recent events, and during the discussion, neither one of us could understand why Alfalight was sold, for a million and change, some cash and some assumption of balance of outstanding accounts; Mr. Warrior, it seems, now unemployed, just reelected as a board member and in receipt of 150,000 options; Alfalight/Warrior reportedly strong connections to military, potential applications...raises the question, for a million dollars, why would Poet not acquire, to continue the buzz, and to maintain a toehold in the military sector.

Mr. Warrior clearly has value, but as shareholders, it is not transparent to us. Why continue appointment and allocation of options?

Would welcome any thoughts...strong belief there is something below the surface, but wrestling with the enigma.

As always...Pauline

http://www.geek.com/apple/apple-needs-to-release-a-good-computer-if-they-want-oculus-rift-support-1649008/

"The title of this article is not the opinion of the author, it’s a summary of why there’s noOculus Riftsupport for Macs as explained by Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey.

During an Xbox press event he was interviewed on camera by ShackNews, which you can watch in full below. One of the questions asked was whether there would eve be Mac support for the Rift, which would surely be beneficial to Oculus’ sales. But Luckey was very clear: a lack of Mac support is due to Apple, not Oculus.

Luckey explains that there is no Mac hardware on the market today that’s good enough to support the Rift. No model or configuration meets the basic hardware requirements of the Rift, and that includes the top-of-the-line $6,000 Mac Pro. In order for Mac support to be viable, Apple would need to start using high-end GPUs.

Luckey’s comments put into perspective Apple’s priority when it comes to hardware development. They want products that look beautiful and perform well for every day tasks and a common set of software the majority of consumers use. High-end performance, and in particular graphics, is not a priority. If it was, those Mac price tags would be even higher (or Apple’s profitmargins lower) and battery use figures would suffer (bold added).

It seems unlikely Apple will respond to Luckey’s comments by making a hardware change. It’s actually more likely we’ll see Apple develop its own virtual reality headset it can control completely and in the process prove Luckey wrong. You could also argue it’s way too early for Apple to even consider VR as a product ready for consumers and therefore worth investing in."

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20150909-google-and-beyond-the-new-silicon-valley-kingpins

Excerpts:

"...Both men are described as intellectually brilliant and driven, yet also possessing a sense of humility — traits increasingly associated with top Indian execs. And both studied at Indian Institutes of Technology before continuing their postgraduate education in the US...

...The current crop of Indian CEOs also represent the cream their generation, according to venture capitalist Venktesh Shukla, who is president of the Silicon Valley branch of networking organisation The Indus Entrepreneurs...

They mostly came here in the days of socialism in India when opportunities were very limited and United States immigration policy only let in the most highly qualified," he said. "So what you have here is the best of the best.

Shukla also believes that Indian culture can help create a successful management paradigm because he says it's a nation that places high value on both competition and individual humility. Diversity is also ingrained in a country where even in small villages there may be multiple languages spoken, several religions and more than one type of local cuisine.

If you've grown up in India you instinctively know people are different, not superior, just different. The ability to leverage diversity is a strength here in Silicon Valley where if you can get more revenue or deliver a better product it doesn't matter what you look like or how you speak.

Gurnek Bains, founder and chairman of a global business psychology consultancy YSC and author of Cultural DNA: The Psychology of Globalization added that this ingrained understanding of diversity also comes from the Indian traditions of multiple gods, multiple realities and multiple perspectives.

It also means they can engage the ambiguity of a fast-changing world in industries such as IT," said Bains, whose company carries out in-depth assessments of business leaders around the world. Bains suggested that Americans are more likely “to think: ‘This is the right way of doing things. It works in America.’ ”