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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by fao_ on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:49PM (#18624440)
The touchscreen was done elsewhere, by someone else. Seriously, it was presented as a product to several phone companies and did not draw them in. The key to the first IPhone was the interface and form factor.
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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by mcnichol on Friday December 07, 2018 @01:12AM (#18625520)
Ballmer was famously quoted in an interview laughing at it claiming it wouldn't appeal to customers due to not having a keyboard.

Hell, back in the 40's even Thomas Watson of IBM claimed there was only enough market for 5 computers in the world.

Many times it is a different style of how standard business operates so someone coming in and changing the market is really hard to look at when your mind is already made up.

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