Comments on: Nortel Unveils DIY Videos

By: puddintane

puddintane — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:24:45 +0000

“…a company that has strived for over 100 years on Canadian values, brought it to its knees in less than 3 years by a bad guy. Mike Z. An American.”

All Nortel needs to do is hire Canadians, then.

By: Shackled

Shackled — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:37:24 +0000

Yes you are totally correct. It is usually the bad guy who wins. Z managed to outsavvy/bullshit his way this far in Nortel, collecting millions from a company that has strived for over 100 years on Canadian values, and brought it to its knees in less than 3 years. So what's your point?

By: puddintane

puddintane — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:52:15 +0000

Last I heard CEOs don't hire themselves, they are typically appointed by some kinda Board:

Said Harry J. Pearce, chairman of the Nortel board: "[Mike]'is the right leader to build on the important work of Bill Owens - and take Nortel to the next level."

So... two non-cultured Americans managed to twice outfox an entire board of world-savvy, socially and environmentally conscious global villagers who empathize with and understand the pain of the downtrodden masses.... Gotcha.

By: puddintane

puddintane — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:24:45 +0000

“…a company that has strived for over 100 years on Canadian values, brought it to its knees in less than 3 years by a bad guy. Mike Z. An American.”

All Nortel needs to do is hire Canadians, then.

By: Shackled

Shackled — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:37:24 +0000

By: puddintane

puddintane — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:52:15 +0000

By: puddintane

puddintane — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:45:54 +0000

Zafirovski is a Yugo/Macedonian. But, go ahead, noble thinker, further enlgihten us how America's non-cultural Secret Society ruined his business sense (but whew! not his Euro-style pro-environmental instincts).

By: Shackled

Shackled — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:29 +0000

Yeah…Right! Nortel has been going down ever since American CEOs have been running it (Paul Stern, Z, Owens). None of them had a positive impact because they didn't (and still don't) understand the culture. You see for Canadians there is more to life than $$$.

By: Frank Burch

Frank Burch — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:36 +0000

Seriously…Nortel should get the hell out of canada. The place is full of a bunch of whiners…at least that's the impression you get from reading their press and their posts. NT should sell to MOT and completely shut down all Canadian ops. Hey, AMERICA WOULD LOVE TO HAVE NT. C”MON OVER GUYS AND GALS. Screw canada and their pessimism.

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:12:06 +0000

Here’s an idea: perhaps Nortel should relocate itself to Santa Monica, CA (digital media capital of the world), go through yet another ‘business transformation’ and become the ‘NEW TECH HYBRID’ of digital media, social networks and green tech. They could hire some really cool Hollywood-design guys and have their boxes painted ‘skaterboy-green’. Now, we are talking…Nortel, leading the way towards a whole new global urban art form. Talk about being HYPERCONNECTED!!!! –bb