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Maybe in the short run, but think about some (at the time) tiny companies like Apple, Google, Amazon that nabbed ideas or market share from sleeping giants like
by lujim 11y ago
Maybe in the short run, but think about some (at the time) tiny companies like Apple, Google, Amazon that nabbed ideas or market share from sleeping giants like Xerox, Yahoo, or IBM. Sure in 1978, 2000, or 2003 I would have rather owned stocks in the second list respectively, but those small nibble guys in the first list were the winners by 2015.
- amelius 11y agoI'm not sure. Companies are much more protective now. For instance, imagine that IBM, back in the 80s, locked up its PC ecosystem the way Apple is doing now. We would probably not have Linux now (and no BSD either), and no Google or Apple.