You are chooosing to ignore the many diversified companies and conglomerates that have done very well, some for more than a human lifetime. Besides, Apple doin

You are chooosing to ignore the many diversified companies and conglomerates that have done very well, some for more than a human lifetime. Besides, Apple doing the iPod and iPhone is a counter example to your argument, unless you stretch the definition of the core business of a Y2K computer company to be music players and phones.