Interesting, One should also mention the incredible fact that IBM actually "allowed" a young "nobody" named Bill Gates to provide and own their "new" personal computer operating system. It makes one wonder about the level of corporate responsibility? :-) Don
Philip Stortz wrote: > > companies don't get big by acting like big companies do, and big companies can > sometimes > be competed with successfully just because they've forgotten how to be efficient (and > smart). big companies make big mistakes all the time. the guy who invented > xerography, > the process used by all modern copiers and laser printers, tried to sell the idea to > ibm, > they weren't interested, so xerox was born! another big company who wound up > competing > with ibm in several other areas just because they missed a big, big chance. > > ibm could have owned the copier market, but for whatever reason they just weren't > impressed, but others were correctly impressed enough to fund this startup dedicated > to > making copiers. just imagine how rich some of those initial investors got! > > of course knowing which dice to throw in hindsight is a bit easier than foresight. > and > the people who make decisions at big technology companies are usually not people who > were > great engineers with a great understanding of technology and business, they usually > only > know one or the other, usually business. > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
