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Is perseverance a passé in business these days? Everything has to be instant success? What happen to build the product slowly over time?
by ww520 15y ago
Is perseverance a passé in business these days? Everything has to be instant success? What happen to build the product slowly over time?
- anigbrowl 15y agoIt's like Cisco and the Flip, isn't it - pure market plays, zero technical vision or willingness to go over the market'snhead to consumers. That said, HP never had a compelling vision for the mass market anyway.
- lukifer 15y agoNo one seems to remember that it took the iPod 3-4 years to take over the MP3 market. HP also bungled by not offering a 7" model, and not competing on price from the very beginning, even if it meant running at a loss to chase market share.
- zmmmmm 15y agoAgreed. You have to wonder how they ever thought they would succeed if they were going to give in this easily. Any fool could see it was going to be harder than the effort they've made so far. It was always premised on pushing WebOS on all their PCs and other strategic ways to promote it ... none of which ever got even tried.