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"Success comes form being focused." You yourself would find success in transmitting organized thought if you were focused on what you write. What the hell is t

"Success comes form being focused." You yourself would find success in transmitting organized thought if you were focused on what you write. What the hell is that jumble of words? And why is it the top voted comment? Is it because of the quantity of characters therein? The reason why any of these companies are getting into different markets is because of one thing: Money. The fact is, these organizations have a lot of money already and want to put it work --- the most obvious place to put it work would be a laterally related market segment.

nirvana 15y ago
Length does not mean lack of focus. Frankly, I think the increasingly common practice of criticizing the person, rather than their point, is to the detriment of Hacker News.
- omarchowdhury 15y ago
  I would criticize your point, if it were singular.
ryanhuff 15y ago
I don't think Google enters the smartphone market simply because there is money to be made. I have always thought that their motivation for Android was, at least partially, defensive, as they fight to keep clear any impediments to consuming their services (ads).
- omarchowdhury 15y ago
  Is the motivation still not money?
  - ryanhuff 15y ago
    Of course. Just about everything a corporation does is driven by the pursuit of profit. However, the rather verbose post you replied to had a point obfuscated in the jungle of words. Core competency (a company's ethos) is an important factor. You won't see McDonalds getting into the smartphone business simply because of money.
    - omarchowdhury 15y ago
      "laterally related market segment." Facebook's core competency is social networking. Mobile devices are one mode of social networking - it is a logical choice of theirs to create their own mobile device, strengthened by their brand it would be adopted on novelty alone; to a global user-base they can reach at little cost seeing as how they own their own advertising platform.
justin 15y ago
It is the top voted comment because it is a thoughtful analysis of why the top web companies perhaps should not have entered the mobile space, with some depth. This provides a lot more insight into the industry than the simplistic alternative of simply claiming that every corporation is motivated primarily by money, which is just restatement of an atomic truth. Ad hominem doesn't really belong on HN. If you have a legitimate counter argument, you should put some thought into writing something that can stand on its own.

nirvana 15y ago

Length does not mean lack of focus. Frankly, I think the increasingly common practice of criticizing the person, rather than their point, is to the detriment of Hacker News.

omarchowdhury 15y ago
I would criticize your point, if it were singular.

ryanhuff 15y ago

I don't think Google enters the smartphone market simply because there is money to be made. I have always thought that their motivation for Android was, at least partially, defensive, as they fight to keep clear any impediments to consuming their services (ads).

omarchowdhury 15y ago
Is the motivation still not money?
- ryanhuff 15y ago
  Of course. Just about everything a corporation does is driven by the pursuit of profit. However, the rather verbose post you replied to had a point obfuscated in the jungle of words. Core competency (a company's ethos) is an important factor. You won't see McDonalds getting into the smartphone business simply because of money.
  - omarchowdhury 15y ago
    "laterally related market segment." Facebook's core competency is social networking. Mobile devices are one mode of social networking - it is a logical choice of theirs to create their own mobile device, strengthened by their brand it would be adopted on novelty alone; to a global user-base they can reach at little cost seeing as how they own their own advertising platform.

justin 15y ago

It is the top voted comment because it is a thoughtful analysis of why the top web companies perhaps should not have entered the mobile space, with some depth. This provides a lot more insight into the industry than the simplistic alternative of simply claiming that every corporation is motivated primarily by money, which is just restatement of an atomic truth. Ad hominem doesn't really belong on HN. If you have a legitimate counter argument, you should put some thought into writing something that can stand on its own.