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Re:Tesla envy grips Germany’s giants by anotherhacker on Monday September 05, 2016 @12:15PM (#12431017)
"We have to earn money at the end of the day though."

Yes...but you can't build the products of tomorrow when you're primarily focused on selling the products of today.

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Re:Tesla envy grips Germany’s giants by enraged_camel on Monday September 05, 2016 @02:48PM (#12431705)
You basically summarized why large companies often get disrupted by small up-and-comers: the only way they can sustain their operations is to serve the current needs of the market.

This phenomenon is explained in Clayton Christensen's well-known book Innovator's Dilemma.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator%27s_Dilemma

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Re:Tesla envy grips Germany’s giants by cJ0th on Monday September 05, 2016 @02:24PM (#12431583)
Shareholders want to make money now! But you're right. I am also curious as to how this will turn out for them in the long term.
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