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Most of us in tech know this: existing tech firms and markets disappear very quickly. It is exceedingly rare for a company to survive because of innovation and
by youngButEager 10y ago
Most of us in tech know this: existing tech firms and markets disappear very quickly. It is exceedingly rare for a company to survive because of innovation and 'creative destruction' aka 'disruption.'
How do you recognize a person out of their depth when they discuss tech? When they have little experience in tech.
If she's not smart enough to know that tech trends last as long as produce at the grocery, many of us would not want her making or influencing decisions about tech.
Having consulted (software development, training programmer teams to write code) at once-strong firms like Sun, Silicon Graphics, Global Village, and others, it's pretty shocking how fast a tech giant can disappear.
Palm; Borland; Amiga; Napster; Friendster; GeoCities; InfoSpace; Gateway; Netscape; and others. Dying slow deaths: HP; Yahoo; Zynga; etc.
Warren knows nothing about how the tech economy eats its own. No need to take actions like she proposes.