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Absolutely true. However the article leans toward framing him as a visionary capable of superhuman feats: "IBM didn't survive the PC, none of the PC guys su
by wavephorm 15y ago
Absolutely true. However the article leans toward framing him as a visionary capable of superhuman feats:
"IBM didn't survive the PC, none of the PC guys survived
the web, and I don't think any of the web guys will
survive the post-PC world,"
Bill Nguyen is implying that Color.com will do what IBM, Microsoft, and Facebook can't, and survive the post-pc world. And there is no evidence he is capable of this since he flipped every company he started.
- arihant 15y agoNo, he is implying some startup will do what IBM, Microsoft and Facebook can't. Historically speaking, this is a decent analogy. After all, Facebook did what Microsoft and Google couldn't. Apple did what IBM couldn't.
- i386 15y agoWhy even mention it if he doesn't think that Color could be the disruptive company that can make that leap? I doubt he's saying "Yeah a bunch of companies are going to fail at this, including Color, but hey throw cash at us anyway". That doesn't make for a good sell at all.
- mathattack 15y agoIsn't the job of spinster to imply that? :-)