Re:What's killing the news business: A belief in corporations.
by slapshot on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @05:30PM
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It lost me at "Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, IBM, DEC, Compaq, HP, Lotus, Sun, Netscape, Google, Twitter. Over the years they come and go, and they never solve problems."
I can think of quite a few problems that Google solved. Same for HP, Lotus, Sun, Apple, Oracle, IBM, DEC, and Netscape.
Take the example of Apple -- it revived itself from near-death after the original Mac desktop platform proved unprofitable.
Take the example of IBM -- kids these days might not remember it, but IBM used to make hardware. Now it makes practically none, but still has a massive and useful business.
Take Google -- it didn't always dominate advertising.
Etc.
I think Twitter is probably the only company on that list that hasn't undergone at least one fundamental transformation, and that's simply a matter of time.
I can think of quite a few problems that Google solved. Same for HP, Lotus, Sun, Apple, Oracle, IBM, DEC, and Netscape.
Take the example of Apple -- it revived itself from near-death after the original Mac desktop platform proved unprofitable.
Take the example of IBM -- kids these days might not remember it, but IBM used to make hardware. Now it makes practically none, but still has a massive and useful business.
Take Google -- it didn't always dominate advertising.
Etc.
I think Twitter is probably the only company on that list that hasn't undergone at least one fundamental transformation, and that's simply a matter of time.