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Re:Hard Tech is Back by jackcosgrove on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:48PM (#11268188)
Exactly. Industrial automation also isn't sexy and manufacturing margins are small so the big dogs in the industry have limited R&D resources.

The upside is a lack of competition and a B2B environment. No need for a marketing department when you just have to attend a few industry trade shows a year.

Re:Hard Tech is Back by toddmorey on Friday March 11, 2016 @01:05PM (#11268315)
Be careful with "lack of competition". You are ALWAYS competing with the incumbent solution. No matter how clumsy or awkward it seems; no matter how much better it could be; those solutions have amazing staying power and your niche can become your enemy because there's a limit universe of customers to sell the solution to.
Re:Hard Tech is Back by snerbles on Friday March 11, 2016 @01:49PM (#11268644)
In the industrial space, no one ever got fired for buying Rockwell Automation.

Even if FactoryTalk is absolutely horrid.

Re:Hard Tech is Back by Azkar on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:57PM (#11268252)
And most places already have a system that works and no incentive to upgrade their tech from 15 years ago.