Comment Re:Questionable points (Score 1) 183
+++Help me out.
Isn't Macintosh and Apple synonymous?+++
No. The Apple II in all its various incarnations provided the bulk of the company's revenues until well into the late 80s.
One of the reasons I wrote ISOS is to provide the historical perspective questions like this demonstrate the industry lacks. From Chapter 13 of In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech:
The first and most valuable thing most companies can do to avoidacting stupidly is to encourage all employees to learn about the history of the industry in which they compete. The great thing about
history (hindsight) is it is full of facts from which you can learn things,
such as how to avoid positioning disasters and what to do if a PR roof
falls in on you, while many strategic business books are often full of suppositions
and untested conjectures. Now please, don't waste everyone's
time with an attempt to wiggle out of your required reading by telling us
about the "subjectivity" of history; we're all aware that people can differ
about the significance of different events. If different writers and
historians have different opinions about the facts, read them all, and
make up your own mind from an informed viewpoint.
In the spirit of the advice just given, the following sections include
my particular lists of "must" and "recommended" reading. Most of
these books focus on high tech, but I've thrown in a couple of tomes
from other industries to stretch your brain and provide you with some
cross-cultural diversity. Feel free to criticize this lineup and add and subtract
to it as you see fit. These lists are not that long, and when you are
done reading these or similar books, you will have a well-rounded
understanding of the forces that shape the high-tech industry, a truly
invaluable asset. Both lists are in alphabetical order.
rick chapman
(the author)
www.insearchofstupidity.com
Isn't Macintosh and Apple synonymous?+++
No. The Apple II in all its various incarnations provided the bulk of the company's revenues until well into the late 80s.
One of the reasons I wrote ISOS is to provide the historical perspective questions like this demonstrate the industry lacks. From Chapter 13 of In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech:
The first and most valuable thing most companies can do to avoidacting stupidly is to encourage all employees to learn about the history of the industry in which they compete. The great thing about
history (hindsight) is it is full of facts from which you can learn things,
such as how to avoid positioning disasters and what to do if a PR roof
falls in on you, while many strategic business books are often full of suppositions
and untested conjectures. Now please, don't waste everyone's
time with an attempt to wiggle out of your required reading by telling us
about the "subjectivity" of history; we're all aware that people can differ
about the significance of different events. If different writers and
historians have different opinions about the facts, read them all, and
make up your own mind from an informed viewpoint.
In the spirit of the advice just given, the following sections include
my particular lists of "must" and "recommended" reading. Most of
these books focus on high tech, but I've thrown in a couple of tomes
from other industries to stretch your brain and provide you with some
cross-cultural diversity. Feel free to criticize this lineup and add and subtract
to it as you see fit. These lists are not that long, and when you are
done reading these or similar books, you will have a well-rounded
understanding of the forces that shape the high-tech industry, a truly
invaluable asset. Both lists are in alphabetical order.
rick chapman
(the author)
www.insearchofstupidity.com
