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> the comment merely highlights that it took a small company with lot of media attention to set the direction for a larger industry. Isn't that very often the
by rapsey 9y ago
> the comment merely highlights that it took a small company with lot of media attention to set the direction for a larger industry.
Isn't that very often the case though? Think iPod/iPhone. Apple was a nobody in those spaces when those devices were released.
- kumarvvr 9y agoMedia attention is usually required only when a consumer product is at stake. Take, for example, current upstarts competing with Cisco in networking gear. Not much media exposure but a quite revolution. In the history of business, its almost always the upstart that upends business. Examples include Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoWho are the network hardware upstarts you're thinking of? What are they bringing to the market which is changing it?
- kumarvvr 9y agoNot able to remember names right now but I remember seeing a lawsuit by Cisco against one of thwir ex-directors or so, just a few weks back. Basically Cisco is facing competition from startups implementing hardware in COTS components and innovating in features through software.