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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates

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To: John Stichnoth who wrote (19108)3/1/2000 3:44:00 AM
From: Bruce Brown  Read Replies (1) of 54805
 
RE: IBM and the mainframe technology adoption life cycle.

John wrote:

When did IBM's gorilla mainframe paradigm get taken over by the desktop paradigm?

You will find that information in graphical form here, John:

nextgenerationnetworks.com

In regards to Cisco, it is important to note the two technology adoption life cycles at the top of the graph. Cisco is the gorilla in the enterprise networking technology adoption life cycle which began in 1990 and is also a force in the newly developing 'next generation networks' (IP/Broadband) technology adoption life cycle. If past gorillas have learned anything, I believe that Chambers and team are fighting to prevent a scenario such as IBM encountered. I certainly have more faith in the management of Cisco than I do, retrospectively, through reading of management's handling of IBM's business ventures as new technology adoption life cycles approached.

BB

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