As typical here, you both aren’t taking about the same things. One is talking about market strategy and perseverance. The other is talking about technical lead

As typical here, you both aren’t taking about the same things. One is talking about market strategy and perseverance. The other is talking about technical leadership. You could have made the same insightful (inciteful) post by just commenting on how good technical leadership was. I was shocked the other day when a solid respectable chip designer said Alpha was a failure because DEC went out of business.