Thread: Who will go down in history as "The Innovater" in Portable Internet devices?
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2009-01-11 , 12:32
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Originally Posted by Benson View Post
Heh. Asus wasn't even trying -- they surprised themselves with the market segments that were buying their edu/kid-stuff machines.
Ironically, OLPC just fired 50% of their employees.

]Being overconfident and then not able to sell or break through is worse than being underconfident and have a product for which there is demand for while being able to deliver this demand.

We all knew there were huge gaps between the PC, the phone and the laptop. These gaps are now smaller, but they're still there. Many tried, many failed.

Just like some corporations knew there was room for touchscreen devices.

SUN tried thin clients too back in the 90s (using Java), and grid computing. Failed. Now they're succeeding. Sometimes the market just isn't ready for it?
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