I know one of the guys from Dell's early days (he was in charge of DOS and Windows 3.1) ... he said their strategy was to definitely NOT be "first mover" ; inst

I know one of the guys from Dell's early days (he was in charge of DOS and Windows 3.1) ... he said their strategy was to definitely NOT be "first mover" ; instead they focused on being "fast follower", as soon as a technology was starting to gain adoption in the marketplace Dell would try to come out with an offering for it. This may not work in all cases, but it sure worked for Dell...