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So many, everywhere you look. Microsoft started out with OS, branched into Office, branched into servers, branched into Azure. Apple started with desktop, bra
by bruce511 2y ago
So many, everywhere you look.
Microsoft started out with OS, branched into Office, branched into servers, branched into Azure.
Apple started with desktop, branched into phones, earpods etc.
IBM went from hardware to services.
Just because a company pivots, it doesn't mean they gave to set fire to the old business. It means they move on from it -keeping it alive, while embracing the next step. Apple still sells desktops but that's a tiny part of the business. The still sell laptops but that's a fraction of the appstore business and so on.
Google still does search, but is slso YouTube and Gmail etc. They are investing in AI which may turn out to be a search replacement.
Most businesses are always moving forward, moving to the next thing. It's not "pivoting" or abandoning old things, it's about embracing the new.
We're hard on Kodak because they saw the future and promptly pretended it wasn't going to happen.