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Tech giants don't invent cool things, they buy cool inventions that might become trendy, and dump them if they don't. Their dominance seems to have further per
by LMYahooTFY 9y ago
Tech giants don't invent cool things, they buy cool inventions that might become trendy, and dump them if they don't.
Their dominance seems to have further pervaded the notion that utility and viability = profitability within this system.
- dcole2929 9y agoHaving invented something is only useful if you're actually able to get that something into peoples hands. As much as I hate how people drool over overpriced Apple hardware, they've done a great job putting greenfield tech into the hands of consumers. Microsoft conversely actually does "invent" a lot of cool things, but for the last 20 years they've been pretty bad at turning those cool things into successful things