Technologists and cloud companies are promising me a reliable, fast service.

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That said, the game looks quite promising to me so far.

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Two of the areas that seem most promising to me, in terms of cultural impact, are the performance of electronic music and the real-time production of animation.

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Finally, another one of my clients told me he had dropped a very promising candidate from his list of potential hires because she had taken out her PDA to check her email while he paid the bill.

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However, when that person responds enthusiastically, and then asks for a copy of my book, or for more information, or wants me to do more research, or even strings me along for weeks with emails promising work or coverage, and then that person takes a nose dive off the planet, well, that is when I get mad.

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Give me a biotech company that has a promising new drug.

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But GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier has taken a "trust me" approach to new drugs he's been buying, promising to show them all off later this year.

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Strategic congruence notwithstanding, I have yet to send a card in anger, so a service like this is likely to look increasingly good to me and my unhappy brethren and sistren at a time when anything promising simplification of the celebratory process is worth a look.

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The situation here reminds me a little bit of the biotech stocks: everyone is all excited about the unlimited prospects when a promising new drug is in trials, but once it hits the market, the company turns into a mundane pharmaceutical company that has to actually sell something.

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