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> Time spent on the none core business is time wasted. Except there are many businesses that have and are doing very nicely precisely because they ignored what
by lonelyasacloud 4y ago
> Time spent on the none core business is time wasted.
Except there are many businesses that have and are doing very nicely precisely because they ignored what would labeled as non-core activity by many. Take Apple for example, where would it be if it had stuck to making Macs? Or more recently spent billions moving to their own chips. What about Amazon?
Truth is more subtle. And with SAP, it's easy to understand both why businesses buy it - and at the same time - why most competent software developers believe if they were given the same investment they could do better.
- achenet 4y agoApple is a bad example - they make computers, that is their core business. From chips (ok, they don't own any chip fabs, iirc they used to have their own manufacturing but later outsourced to China, but they do design) up to software, plus marketing and distribution (which is always where the money is - eg Nike makes boatloads selling shoes while the sweatshop workers are paid pennies). The iPhone? It's a computer with access to cellular networks. The iPad? It's a computer. Everything Apple has made since OS X in ~2000 is a Unix computer. Even, if I'm not mistaken, watchOS and tvOS are Unix based. It's like when Mercedes/BMW et al started making SUVs after years of making sedans and coupés. It's a different form factor, but still the same basic product.