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To: Sam Citron who wrote (62270)3/22/2002 8:24:10 PM
From: FR1  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
If you refuse to invest in the young and the small, then when do you invest? That is my question.

Large industry leaders can approach the problem of change a little different than small guys. They can afford to have small businesses "kick the idea around" (ie suffer the R&D) and then step into the game at a later stage. It sounds very unfair but sometimes that is how it works.

An example is IBM. Back in the early PC days lots of small businesses killed themselves making PCs and doing R&D on hard drives & floppy drives. IBM just watched until it was clear what worked and what did not. Then they stepped in and took over the market.



To: Sam Citron who wrote (62270)3/23/2002 9:38:35 AM
From: willcousa  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
As one who spent a lot of time and money trying to profit in a limited market I think that, like Southwest Airlines, you must set certain standards as to what is a viable market. Perhaps amat is doing that.


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