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> tech is not their primary line of business. Because "tech" isn't a business. You don't sell "tech". Microsoft as an example is heavily diversified and as a s

by mbesto 4y ago

> tech is not their primary line of business. Because "tech" isn't a business. You don't sell "tech". Microsoft as an example is heavily diversified and as a software publisher they sell ERP software, operating system software, business productivity software, etc. Technology is what allows them to produce and run that software. > A media company is the thing that produces media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media#Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media#Internet

AnthonyMouse 4y ago
> Because "tech" isn't a business. You don't sell "tech". "Tech" is a fairly broad category that includes both computer hardware and computer software, but these are definitely things that companies produce and sell for money, or produce and offer as services. But why are we talking about what counts as a tech company when the issue is what counts as a media company? If Microsoft was a "Cloud Services" instead of a "tech" company, Azure still wouldn't be a media entity. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media#Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media#Internet The internet, like broadcast television and cable, is a medium of transmission. But when people talk about media companies, they're talking about NBC, not Panasonic.
- mbesto 4y ago
  > "Tech" is a fairly broad category that includes both computer hardware and computer software No it doesn't. That's my point. Tech isn't an industry or a category. It's an operating model. The delineation of it being an industry adds nothing of value to any discussion because its so ill-defined. > But when people talk about media companies, they're talking about NBC Guess what...NBC merged with Comcast and Comcast is a telecomm company, which guess what...distributes media. > Panasonic. Panasonic is a hardware manufacturer...
  - AnthonyMouse 4y ago
    > Guess what...NBC merged with Comcast and Comcast is a telecomm company, which guess what...distributes media. Alice is a lawyer and Bob is a doctor and a lawyer. Why would that imply that Alice is a doctor? > Panasonic is a hardware manufacturer... And Twitter is a communications service. They're not in the same line of business as the entities that employ reporters.
    - mbesto 4y ago
      > Twitter is a communications service. Ok so they're not a tech company. Glad we solved that. /handshake-emoji/
      - AnthonyMouse 4y ago
        A communications service that operates using internet servers to run code they wrote... is a tech company.
        mbesto 4y ago
        So any company that uses internet servers to run code they wrote is a tech company? John Deere wrote the firmware on the machinery they sold to farmers that connects to a server on software they wrote. Are they a tech company?

by mbesto 4y ago

AnthonyMouse 4y ago

> Because "tech" isn't a business. You don't sell "tech". "Tech" is a fairly broad category that includes both computer hardware and computer software, but these are definitely things that companies produce and sell for money, or produce and offer as services. But why are we talking about what counts as a tech company when the issue is what counts as a media company? If Microsoft was a "Cloud Services" instead of a "tech" company, Azure still wouldn't be a media entity. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media#Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media#Internet The internet, like broadcast television and cable, is a medium of transmission. But when people talk about media companies, they're talking about NBC, not Panasonic.

mbesto 4y ago
> "Tech" is a fairly broad category that includes both computer hardware and computer software No it doesn't. That's my point. Tech isn't an industry or a category. It's an operating model. The delineation of it being an industry adds nothing of value to any discussion because its so ill-defined. > But when people talk about media companies, they're talking about NBC Guess what...NBC merged with Comcast and Comcast is a telecomm company, which guess what...distributes media. > Panasonic. Panasonic is a hardware manufacturer...
- AnthonyMouse 4y ago
  > Guess what...NBC merged with Comcast and Comcast is a telecomm company, which guess what...distributes media. Alice is a lawyer and Bob is a doctor and a lawyer. Why would that imply that Alice is a doctor? > Panasonic is a hardware manufacturer... And Twitter is a communications service. They're not in the same line of business as the entities that employ reporters.
  - mbesto 4y ago
    > Twitter is a communications service. Ok so they're not a tech company. Glad we solved that. /handshake-emoji/
    - AnthonyMouse 4y ago
      A communications service that operates using internet servers to run code they wrote... is a tech company.
      - mbesto 4y ago
        So any company that uses internet servers to run code they wrote is a tech company? John Deere wrote the firmware on the machinery they sold to farmers that connects to a server on software they wrote. Are they a tech company?