Working on new hardware technology, it's really interesting for me to think about OP's call to only use "proven technology," but how do you get a technology to

Working on new hardware technology, it's really interesting for me to think about OP's call to only use "proven technology," but how do you get a technology to the proven state if everyone is only using previously proven technology? You can force it if you control a platform (e.g. stuff wireless hotspots everywhere and have wifi capability attached to new laptops), but that's pretty rare in hardware. https://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/intels-centrino-and-how-it-sparked-the-wifi-hotspot-revolution/ https://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/intels-centrino-and-how...