The two G’s here, Gaye and George, have both been out on the “leading edge” of technology in their business careers, although for all the headaches and hassles, we both refer to it as the “bleeding edge” because of all the personal commitment it takes to get there, and ride the wave of technology where it’s going.

But the leading edge of the 70s, 80s and 90s is not the same leading edge of today. We both concur that there is trouble betting on the leading edge and today we tell you why.

A Bit of Ancient History

In Gaye’s case, it was as founder of a software company that developed a proprietary COBOL-based billing system for pager companies, a company which was eventually acquired by a one of the Bells that was divested by AT&T as a result Judge Green’s decree in 1982.