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A pretty classic case of the Innovator's Dilemma, IMHO. Sun hardware was kickass but cheap PC servers eventually beat them out.
by nas 17y ago
A pretty classic case of the Innovator's Dilemma, IMHO. Sun hardware was kickass but cheap PC servers eventually beat them out.
- rbanffy 17y agoInsane market positioning. They aimed for the high-end server market. Sun has nothing in the price-range of a low-end Dell. It's not that it's impossible to do - I bet they could. They just never tried because building high-end stuff is way cooler. Being Windows-proof didn't help either. It is a virtue on my book, but not many people agree with me.
- hga 17y agoSee my comment about how Sun made it impossible for a start up to buy a moderate quantity of these servers. People were willing to buy Sun quality but ended up buying Dell because Dell wanted to do business with them, which then lost them the follow on sales for those who made it big.