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I'd be curious if you posted this comment over at HBS (although Umair has been known to lurk here)... What you're missing is that "administration" as you're gr

I'd be curious if you posted this comment over at HBS (although Umair has been known to lurk here)... What you're missing is that "administration" as you're grokking it is optimized for industrial economics, not the low cost, low risk, high speed world of networks (globalization, mobile phones, etc). Also suggest that you go back and read the previous article on "Hacking Detroit" with a keen eye on the "auto making platform" strategy. To borrow a meme from today's Venture Hacks: "Bug Labs for cars" BOING!

mynameishere 18y ago
Administration, ie. administration by a bankruptcy court, which is the pressing issue facing Detroit carmakers, rather than mobile phones or whatever. There isn't anything new in the auto industry. Hybrids are typically laughable. Diesel electric power systems (that is, "hybrids") are basically what replaced the steam age. Everything else is marketing.
- colortone 18y ago
  Can you see how the argument you're making proves his point?
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- colortone 18y ago
  Sorry! That was ott...I edited it down a bit.