SecondLife sucks for business, says GW professor

Ok maybe not an exact quote but this is

"I think the students learned that people who are on the cutting edge of technology are usually not good business people, and good business people are not usually on the cutting edge of technology,” - John Artz GW Professor

While i would whole heartedly agree early adoption of technology has inherent risks and is often better to wait, this sort of blanket generalization in a business class troubles me. Are we telling our future business leaders fear technology and advancement? if only bad business people embrace technology, will new technology always fail?

IT needs people to embrace its advances and try to find innovations with every new idea.

Did i mention this was the SecondLife class?????

for more read the article on GW website

http://business.gwu.edu/news/archive/2008/0717.cfm#secondlife