Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In article <192qbmqq8g3tw$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Was Toshiba paid-off to concede the HD battle? There are some signs that
>> may point to this as a direct result of the ended format war. Reuters has
>> reported that Sony has agreed to sell it's Cell and RSX fabrication plants
>> in Japan to Toshiba. The WSJ is reporting that is is a joint venture in the
>> form of 60% Toshiba,%20 Sony and %20 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc."
>
> This brings up a point that Roy seems to usually miss--which leads to
> many of his errors. Out in the real world, companies can be friends and
> enemies *at* *the* *same* *time*.
>
> Sony and Toshiba were on opposite sides of the HD format war. Yet the
> Cell processor, which is vital to Sony's PS3 (and so indirectly to
> Sony's strategy to beat Toshiba on HD formats) was a jointly developed
> by IBM, Sony, *and* *Toshiba*.
>
> You see this pattern all over the place in technology industries. IBM
> and Sun are opposite Microsoft on document formats. But IBM and
> Microsoft are close partners in many other areas. Microsoft, IBM, and
> Sun all work together and get alone well in web services standards.
>
> And you see this with employees. Down in the trenches, especially in
> places like Silicon Valley, people jump from company to enemy company
> all the time. At the executive level, this is even more prevalent.
>
> Roy's view is that companies are kind of like countries were during the
> cold war. Two companies are either BFFs, or KOS to each other. And
> anyone who once worked for the other side is forever under suspicion.
>
> It just doesn't work like that, as the Sony/Toshiba relationships over
> HD formats and the Cell processor nicely illustrate. Until Roy adjusts
> his world view to match reality, he will continue to be wrong far more
> often then he is right.
Since Roy does not have, and is likely never to have, a job, then his
views will continue to be uniformed garbage.
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