To all,
I have read all of the posts over the last couple of days, and admittedly, I am somewhat surprised over the hesitancy of some. I recognize that there are optimists, pessimists and realists on this board ~ and all have their own, different ways of looking at certain events. I often consider myself to be a realist, and as such, have had views that differ from others on this board.
But as a realist, I also believe that I can recognize, and say that I recognize something of significance when I see it. So, while none of us know how much revenue the Olympic/NBC/Microsoft relationship will truely yield in the end, we should all be able to easily recognize the tremendous value and significance of this announcement.
First of all ~ there will be new visitors to WXP's site just for this event ~ how many? Well, a lot more than have visited previously.
Second ~ imagine if you will that should NBC and/or Microsoft do even a little bit of national advertising around this (TV-ads, Newspaper, Radio, etc.) the exposure itself is going to be invaluable.
Third ~ should many decide to visit the site, due in part to the advertising that was done ~ I feel this would be in both NBC's and Microsoft's best interests to do, then the potential for near-term, and better still, next-time revenues has a huge potential.
Lastly ~ All we've ever wanted was for Wave to be openly named as a player in their respective industries. The stealth approach never worked for many of us. Well ~ Guess what? WXP is no longer in stealth mode after this. It's either going to move forward successfully, or fail miserably. However, the difference this time is that neither will occur in a vacuum. They will have NBC and Microsoft succeeding or failing right along with them.
This time, my bets are on WXP to succeed ~ and succeed at a level never before seen (but always hoped for) by Wave's investors. Their opportunity is certainly there. Yes. they still have to execute. And Yes ~ as business people, they still have to know how to take advantage of this opportunity.
But this time, I'd have to say that if you can find something wrong with this news, then you're neither a realist or an optimist ~ your as pessimistic as it gets!
For my money, this WXP announcement is equivalent to Wachovia, the Federal Government or American Express announcing that it is rolling out Wave's enterprise upgrade solution across the board. It's new. It's innovative. It's Cutting-Edge. And WXP is one of the players publicly announced in the same company as a major Broadcasting network, and the largest Software provider in the world.
It doesn't get any better than that people. WAKE UP and feel a bit of excitement for a change. I am.
T123
