Consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology.
via New King of Technology – Apple Overtakes Microsoft – NYTimes.com.
Why is it that other “consumer-oriented” companies like Sony, Nokia and Phillips have not benefitted from this shift? As far as I can tell they are no better off (and sometimes quite a lot worse off) than Microsoft has been during this transition.
Clearly, although the paradigm did shift to consumers, simply being consumer focused is not enough to benefit from this shift.
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