Comments on: It’s the outsiders that change markets

By: Current

Current — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:24:52 +0000

I agree with Tim about the economics.

But, it must be pointed out though that Asus and Quanta did not invent this class of computer. They simply made it successful

Read this:-
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2366

That machine, the Dell X1 shipped in 2005. A little earlier Samsung shipped the Q30. (Both were internally very similar).

The netbook market didn’t take off then because people still needed powerful machines. Now software has stayed quite still but hardware has advanced, so machines like this are useful.

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:12:19 +0000

“In what way are the incumbents protected in law.? Answer: None”

But the claim was not that companies should not be protected in law, but that they should not be protected in anyway at all. This includes by subsidy or trade tarrifs, and indeed by excessive regulation which also protects incumbants. That being the case, in what way is your comment pertinent? Answer, none.

By: dearieme

dearieme — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:42:59 +0000

” The incumbents produced the iPhone”: what, Nokia produced the iPhone?

By: Charlieman

Charlieman — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:20:09 +0000

“Which, of course, is why continually protecting such large market incumbents is a very bad idea indeed.”

In what way are the incumbents protected in law.? Answer: None

Do the newcomers produce something new? Answer: No, all that they have achieved is to make cheap, limited functionality laptops. All they did was spot a gap in the market. The incumbents produced the iPhone and the Google Android.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:32:09 +0000

Be thankful that technology is not regulated like banking otherwise still buying time on a mainframe.

Kit, haven’t you heard that SaaS and Clouds are the future? The user interface is different, and not so much COBOL now, but still the same basic idea as the old computer bureaux.

By: Kit

Kit — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:59:52 +0000

The usual excuse used to protect these large companies is to save jobs but this is at the cost of jobs that would have been created elsewhere. Be thankful that technology is not regulated like banking otherwise still buying time on a mainframe.