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| From | "Blanco" <rko4410@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Qbasic |
| Date | 2016-02-14 04:44 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <di98cdFqrmmU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <n93sqq$ug7$3@dont-email.me> <vSrvy.55001$v37.35656@fx10.iad> <f3a17520-f710-4750-9fac-fb1211f81547@googlegroups.com> <630582847.477066945.696306.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <fqt3pc-l33.ln1@sambook.reistad.name> |
"Morten Reistad" <first@last.name.invalid> wrote in message news:fqt3pc-l33.ln1@sambook.reistad.name... > In article > <630582847.477066945.696306.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>, > Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote: >><hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >>> On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 4:09:48 PM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote: >>> >>> >>>> It wasn't a mistake, it was a smart decision. You want to run 30 year >>>> old software, buy a 30-year old CPU. >>> >>> Just as an aside, in the mainframe world, we routinely ran 30 or even >>> 40 year old software. The 30 y/o stuff runs native mode. If the 40 y/o >>> stuff was written for S/360, it will run native mode. If it was written >>> for a prior generation of hardware, it would run under emulation. >>> >>> >> >>Most companies try to develop products that give the customer what he >>wants. Microsoft develops products that give the customer what microsoft >>wants. > > Microsoft is now another Nokia or Ericsson. Fitting with the merger. > > Nokia and Ericsson were depending heavier and heavier on their reseller > networks, and when these turned into large mobile operators and became > rather few in number the power game turned. Nokia discovered that they > couldn't do a thing with their mainstream products that weren't firmly > anchored with the operators. Never mind the end users. > > Their customers were around 30 in number for a 95% percentile and > made increasing demands back to fit a revenue model that fitted the > operators, > not the end users. > > Enter the smartphones, to challenge the operators. The operators demanded > the same from Apple and Google, only to be laughed out the door. It took > Apple and Google a few months to set up an alternate sales network. This > isn't hard when you have the hottest products. > > Microsoft is getting a doze of this now. Their customers are the large > hardware vendors. They make huge demands back. The driver division in > Microsoft is a political hellhole that burns through people, but they > are rewarded with other positions after 18 months tenure there. This is > because they simply have to accommodate all the vendors weird quirks > in their hardware and keep windows stable. It is a tall order, and they > are doing a remarkable job, all considering, > > But this has wider implications. Windows cannot be too big a success > on xpods or xphones without alienating this channel, which is the > lifeblood > of the Microsoft revenue stream. Just as Nokia couldn't make a phone > that was smart independently of the operator networks. That line doesn’t explain why Nokia was so successful before Apple got involved in the mobile/cell phone market. > So both Microsoft, Nokia and Ericsson listened to their customers, and > ignored their customers customer. Like IBM said; if you own your customers > customers you can ignore your customers. That was never Nokia's problem.
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