They Became Ronin – Masterless Samurai…

In a Paris café, an Irish woman named Deirdre (Natascha McElhone) meets five men, taking them to a warehouse and briefing them on a mission…

…whoops sorry wrong Ronin! Either way what’s happening with Wireless Ronin at the moment is fast becoming a story and a half, maybe not an epic for Hollywood that could one day be directed by John Frankenheimer and star Robert De Niro and Jean Reno BUT most definitely a very interesting tale – only this time one on how NOT to run a business.

Our coverage of Wireless Ronin since June this year unfortunately paints an incredibly gloomy picture – there’s nothing intentional in that, we try to write as factually as possibly as well of course as throwing in a fair amount of opinion but there is no way to disguise that this whole business is a disaster.

Wireless Ronin has been a ‘train crash’ waiting to happen for some time and the whole sorry affair has not done the industry or its competitors in the US (who on the whole play fair when it comes to competing for business) any good whatsoever.

Late last night whilst Europe slept and the US folks were having their supper we continued our coverage of events unfolding and saw in slow motion Jeffrey Mack, previous CEO fall on his sword…

Wireless Ronin Announces CEO Transition ^[1]
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 07:31 @313

Jeff Mack, CEO of Wireless Ronin Resigns ^[2]
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 00:01 @000

Wireless Ronin Technologies: Biggest Price Decliners (RNIN) ^[3]
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 20:56 @872

And that was just in the last 24 hours!!! Previous to that…

NewSight Surrenders, Ronin Continue To Dig Hole ^[4]
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 09:53 @412

Wireless Ronin Q2 2008 Results ^[5]
Friday, August 8th, 2008 at 09:45 @406

Why Wireless Ronin Is Taking A Beating ^[6]
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 08:25 @350

Okay so it wasn’t exactly seppuku (ritual suicide) in the courtyard of the castle but as analogies go and in our world it has to come close!