Big companies are not immune to failure like GM 2008. Old school rules have not changed.
They still have to earn their name, not bank on past success that got them there.
Especially introducing radical new product lines with short or no past tech history to build upon.
The smell of money gets people giddy. Rely on computers to solve everything.
CEO's? They parachute if the company is falling from the sky or get fired.
They can take big chances, gambles, and walk. Stick everyone with the bill.
Take crossword puzzles in newspapers.
Task- obtain daily crossword puzzle
Traditional:
Buy or snag a paper and pen or pencil with eraser. Open page. Do crossword or save for later.
Time 2 minutes or so to stage.
Now, no newspaper:
Log onto computer. Log onto internet. Search for newspaper webpage. Scroll to find crossword.
Turn on printer, load paper if needed, print out.
Still need paper, pen or pencil with eraser.
The main part of obtaining the crossword is the hard part.
Time 15 minutes or more to do same simple task that took 2.
Is that progress?
How many other simple things now take much more time, money, or cannot be done anymore in a simple way. Wasted time.
Never had to buy a new phone every other year, nor pay so much for one.
They are not user friendly, ergonomic, weak sound, nor can stay running on their own for long.
Stuck with the new style telephones that can do much more except its main? function as a telephone.
Squashed a reliable, durable, clear sounding, pleasant easy to use invention into a small thin flat piece of fragile plastic full of electronics.
Same thing basically happened to cars.
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