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Can anyone remember the last time MSFT innovated something (not followed an existing market/paradigm) and led the market by sheer quality of the innovation (not
by WalterGR 16y ago
Can anyone remember the last time MSFT innovated something (not followed an existing market/paradigm) and led the market by sheer quality of the innovation (not because of monopoly)?
I can't remember the last time any tech company created a market/paradigm and then proceeded to lead it [1]. Can you think of any companies?
[1] Presumably you meant for some particular measure of time.
- hga 16y agoFPGAs by Xilinx starting in 1985?
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- pavs 16y agoApple did it with iPod/iPhone/iPad. Sure mp3 players, multi-touch phones and tablet devices was there even before Apple released theirs. But can you dismiss their contribution in innovation in this sectors? Apple virtually, single-handedly created markets for these devices. Everyone flowed after them. Same can said about Kindle. There e-readers before kindle, but amazon jump started the market with their innovation on the device. I am sure I can find examples of few other tech companies who have done massive innovations if I took some time to research. But MSFT, being the top 5 richest/largest tech company in the world have done very little (if any) innovations that made the world follow them.