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Re:OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multib... by senordevnyc on Friday October 31, 2025 @06:52PM (#45777588)
Can you name any companies that suffered by switching focus away from one market where they dominate in order to also dominate a market that is 10x the size of the first market already, and growing faster?
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Re:OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multib... by Eisenstein on Friday October 31, 2025 @08:13PM (#45778106)
If switching focus goes along with 'underestimating effects of ignoring core market and the treating competencies in it which lead to the market domination in other segments as legacy of the past which should be abandoned', then take your pick. A few off the top of my head: GE, Sony, HP, RCA, IBM.
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Re:OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multib... by Eisenstein on Friday October 31, 2025 @08:26PM (#45778180)
Every specific situation is different, but the pattern I mentioned is easy to find. Here are three examples: RCA, GE, HP.
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