Leuk stukje over hoe Carl Yankowski Palm's eerste duw naar de afgrond heeft gegeven in 2000-2001:
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Yankowski never hid his ignorance about technology or the technology industry, but instead touted his marketing nous and branding expertise as the magic that would ensure Palm's long-term future. He was, in other words, a suicidally-wrong choice for Palm, the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Yankowski made several mistakes, but they're essential the same misjudgement repeated, like a PDA version of Groundhog Day. He failed to invest in technology when he needed to, and typically for a Brand-washed marketing guy, failed to appreciate the inexorable commoditisation of the industry: he ignored Moore's Law - which like most of the 'laws' of physics, is no law at all - but nonetheless is something you kinda, oughta figure into a long term business plan if you're a leading technology company.
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