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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by am1988 on Thursday August 03, 2017 @03:17PM (#14922827)
> Traditional car makers are just extremely slow to adjust, because they have never faced any real disruption

Is there a term for the dismissive attitude tech people have for any older company?

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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by heygrady on Thursday August 03, 2017 @04:23PM (#14923486)
I think the term you're looking for is "history" [1] as in, "tech people tend to adopt a historical view of older companies." With extremely few exceptions, the older a company gets the more obsolete it becomes [2].

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2017/03/22/sears-to...

[2] http://io9.gizmodo.com/25-obsolete-technologies-that-future-...

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