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Those two have been fighting forever. It's one way to keep them motivated, however their inherent structure keeps them from innovating further, hence will never

Those two have been fighting forever. It's one way to keep them motivated, however their inherent structure keeps them from innovating further, hence will never be able to amount to the levels of Apple or Google, and they'll soon be surpassed by Chinese companies and will walk the ways of Sony, although they were never as good as Sony was.

vesinisa 12y ago
> they'll soon be surpassed by Chinese companies So you are saying that Chinese companies are more innovative than the South Korean conglomerates?
- aerialcombat 12y ago
  The way I look at Chinese companies are like... Turbo-charged what Korean companies once were. The way Korean education kills creativity in students will hinder Korean companies to innovate as much as they would need to in order to get up to the level of the highest grade companies. I think Chinese companies are easily able to achieve what Korean companies are doing, probably better as time passes. Korean conglomerate are spread out too much horizontally to excel in one specific part anyway. I think it's only a matter of time until Chinese companies take over the role of current Korean companies. It's already showing in mobile phone markets as companies like Xiaomi is taking a huge chuck off of Samsung's. On innovation though, I don't necessarily think Chinese companies are more innovative. But it's not like Korean companies are innovative in any way.
- cc438 12y ago
  If they aren't now, they will be soon. Look at where LG, Hyundai, and Kia were just 15 years ago. LG had to change names from GoldStar to shed the perception of the brand as the king of cheap Sony knock-offs. Hyundai and Kia were releasing unbelievably generic cars with their attempts at "styling" ending up like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Opirus#mediaviewer/File:Kia_Amanti_2005.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Opirus#mediaviewer/File:Kia... Samsung wasn't much better, they had little presence in the consumer market and weren't regarded any higher than Foxconn is today in terms of electronics/engineering prowess. I don't see the best Chinese companies being that far off from the best Korea had to offer back then. Look how quickly the Korean companies caught up and then remember how fast everything moves in China.

vesinisa 12y ago

> they'll soon be surpassed by Chinese companies So you are saying that Chinese companies are more innovative than the South Korean conglomerates?

aerialcombat 12y ago
The way I look at Chinese companies are like... Turbo-charged what Korean companies once were. The way Korean education kills creativity in students will hinder Korean companies to innovate as much as they would need to in order to get up to the level of the highest grade companies. I think Chinese companies are easily able to achieve what Korean companies are doing, probably better as time passes. Korean conglomerate are spread out too much horizontally to excel in one specific part anyway. I think it's only a matter of time until Chinese companies take over the role of current Korean companies. It's already showing in mobile phone markets as companies like Xiaomi is taking a huge chuck off of Samsung's. On innovation though, I don't necessarily think Chinese companies are more innovative. But it's not like Korean companies are innovative in any way.
cc438 12y ago
If they aren't now, they will be soon. Look at where LG, Hyundai, and Kia were just 15 years ago. LG had to change names from GoldStar to shed the perception of the brand as the king of cheap Sony knock-offs. Hyundai and Kia were releasing unbelievably generic cars with their attempts at "styling" ending up like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Opirus#mediaviewer/File:Kia_Amanti_2005.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Opirus#mediaviewer/File:Kia... Samsung wasn't much better, they had little presence in the consumer market and weren't regarded any higher than Foxconn is today in terms of electronics/engineering prowess. I don't see the best Chinese companies being that far off from the best Korea had to offer back then. Look how quickly the Korean companies caught up and then remember how fast everything moves in China.