On Aug 8, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Palm, Sony, IBM, Apple, Xerox, etc. Being first isn't first is no
guarantee
of being the last man standing. All of these companies were
innovative, all
had a dominant lock on their market and all were soon surpassed by
competitors with better products. In fact, if recent history is
our guide,
being first with a successful, standard setting product is a high
order of
probability that you will be the first to drop as the market matures.
An you have the temerity to accuse me of having a reality distortion
field? Your beloved M$ is moving in a clockwise direction in the
Southern Hemisphere, and in a counterclockwise direction in the
Northern Hemisphere.
The future belongs to Apple, Google, Amazon, and possibly the
revitalized Palm.
Can M$ turn things around by copying other's successes and bringing
them to market two years late? There was a time when they could, but
the Netscape case made their methods public and now much less
effective. I don't think the dirty tricks of old will win the day for
M$.
I've read that M$ is giving away loads of Zune HDs to industry
bloggers and writers. That will no doubt generate lots of sycophantic
stories for you to quote. Proving nothing.
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