tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30948592.post116095630499693521..comments2022-11-11T02:59:20.966-07:00Comments on Packet Storm: Letting GoCollision Domainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494933738284971623noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30948592.post-1161618376697416022006-10-23T08:46:00.000-07:002006-10-23T08:46:00.000-07:00I don't discount that Apple is a competitive threa...I don't discount that Apple is a competitive threat. My point was that leadership makes more noise about other competitors yet always trots out Apple as a tough competitor without clearly locating them on the competition map.<BR/><BR/>My other point is that by focusing on the platform metric we're fighting the last war, which is way over. It's like American Standard vs. Kohler plumbing fixtures; people pick them for style, but they both give you water. No one other than those companies and their shareholders care what their market share of fixtures are.<BR/><BR/>I also keep hearing about this scramble for talented resources (smart people) like it's some zero-sum game. It's not.<BR/><BR/>You only need to have exactly one person smarter than your competition on your team in order to beat them. The really hard part is listening to them and doing what they tell you to do.Collision Domainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494933738284971623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30948592.post-1161555694312951012006-10-22T15:21:00.000-07:002006-10-22T15:21:00.000-07:00Apple is a threat. Just a different one than we're...Apple is a threat. Just a different one than we're used to dealing with. <BR/><BR/>Apple is using our own strategy against us... slow and steady wins the ultimate race. Apple is going to take it's time to slowly capture market share, to slowly enter into business markets, to slowly introduce new technologies. Why? So as not to attract the attention of the likes of us. <BR/><BR/>They've got you fooled. Look at their stock performance over last 5 years. Look at ours. Look at Sony's and Linux companies too since you mentioned them as well. <BR/><BR/>Now tell me they (AAPL) are not able to hire more talent than us, than Sony, than RedHat.<BR/><BR/>This keeps up, just like with Google today, the real competition will be for resources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30948592.post-1161046812596561392006-10-16T18:00:00.000-07:002006-10-16T18:00:00.000-07:00Hey, welcome back. I didn't go to the company mee...Hey, welcome back. I didn't go to the company meeting, didn't even watch it. After many years at the company, I've never gone. So have to resist the urge to puke. Plus, I'm pretty sure that being kept in that stadium for that length of time is against the Geneva Convention.<BR/><BR/>I've had some meetings with Ray, and the jury is still out. At the end of the day, he's fighting a massive old boy network in the exec ranks and he will report to Steve. Steve has to go.<BR/><BR/>Glad to have you back....<BR/><BR/>Now let's go beat Gapplony...I mean, it's not like IBM isn't actually there... duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com