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"Redundant" is not a pure synonym for "unnecessary" or "obsolete," and in business-speak it used to have the meaning I shared above. It used to arise a lot in m
by braythwayt 11y ago
"Redundant" is not a pure synonym for "unnecessary" or "obsolete," and in business-speak it used to have the meaning I shared above. It used to arise a lot in mergers, where "efficiencies" arose by consolidating functions and making entire departments "redundant."
If buggy-whips were to disappear as a business because Buggy 2.0 (a/k/a the automobile) comes along, it was not commonplace to say that buggy -whip manufacturers or their employees were "redundant," but to say they were "obsolete."
That seems closer to the Windows 12 vs. Windows 11 teams analogy to me.
- Retric 11y agoWhat I think your missing industry leaders often can't grow market share. In that situation R&D is often focused on lowering costs which in some industry's directly translate to people. In this case the skill set is still valuable, you just need fewer people. EX: ATM's did not remove the need for all bank tellers, but they removed the need for huge numbers of them.
- ska 11y agoI don't see what's missing. Those people are laid off.
- Retric 11y agoIf you go from 10 Windows Administrators to 2 Windows Administrators then the other 8 are redundant. If you go from 10 VAX administrators to 0 VAX administrators they are obsolete. The difference is if you still need anyone with the skill set or not.