aslatteron Hacker News • Recommends
On “Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing?”
I keep this clip open in a browser tab so I can go back to it from time-to-time: link to this video It's the same basic message from Jobs, but this time about Xerox.
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steve jobs on why xerox failed
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- Presented by Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple
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Steve Jobs explains how Xerox lost its lead because sales and marketing people took over the company from product creators once it became a monopoly.
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1 person recommends thisWhat people say. Frequently cited by engineers to explain how corporate culture shifts from product-focused to sales-focused, leading to the decline of tech giants.
szasamasaon Hacker News • Mentions
On “EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500M penalty over music streaming”
well in a sense the right word may be oligarch... US companies control all OSs but linux... they are surely working together with NSa and the US government which in turn let them become extremely powerful monopolies... what are oligarchs? people who play together with strong governments... Ithink the upper management of these US companies not just become oligarch-rich from soaring stock prices but the actual thing oligarch enjoy is power which is not 1 to 1 money in the economical sense stock companies have shareholders, simple employees and management and the goal is to maximize profit... totally legit and apple is seemingly doing this by crippling the web because using apps from taxed app…
szasamasaon Hacker News • Mentions
On “It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU”
I do not use these but I find windows after linux bloated so it may have something to do with microsoft engineers? (teams) spotify can choose its strategy, you can choose apple music native app (I guess there is something like this? I rarely listen to music but on youtube) Idont know about teams but my partner has ipad and iphone and I hear often how teams and microsoft products behave bad on iHardware... it may have to do with the love these two big corps show towards each other :) maybe you have to buy a windows laptop for teams too, that is the walled garden philosophy you actually seem to protect :) my partner now uses my laptop where I have a windows which I did not totally purged becau…
jmyeeton Hacker News • Mentions
On “Boeing CEO says the company must fundamentally change”
…y, but in a duopoly where it's supported by the captured US government, it really operates like one. So you have a series of short-term decisions to increase profits that hurt the long-term viability of the company. Layers of subcontracting that add friction but marginally increase profits and lose quality control and institutional knowledge. 1: link to this video…