Re:Why Greet Apple's Swift 2.0 With Open Arms?
by parasubvert on Thursday June 18, 2015 @04:49PM
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> My complaint is that the incremental improvements that Apple bring to the industry - regardless of how sleek they may be - isn't itself innovation.
That's really debatable. Innovation is about bringing something new and uniquely useful to the market [1]. It is an economic term, arguably coined by economists to distinguish from invention, which often has zero economic impact. Innovations can be incremental. They might not even be technology - a small change in process or in positioning can be an innovation. Incremental things add up to a big deal. My favorite list of sources of innovative opportunity is Drucker's [2]
I agree the true inventors often get forgotten about, and that's lamentable. And I'm sorry for reading into your comment too much about success.
That's really debatable. Innovation is about bringing something new and uniquely useful to the market [1]. It is an economic term, arguably coined by economists to distinguish from invention, which often has zero economic impact. Innovations can be incremental. They might not even be technology - a small change in process or in positioning can be an innovation. Incremental things add up to a big deal. My favorite list of sources of innovative opportunity is Drucker's [2]
I agree the true inventors often get forgotten about, and that's lamentable. And I'm sorry for reading into your comment too much about success.
[1] http://www.asymco.com/2014/04/16/innoveracy-misunderstanding...
[2] https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c5-10....