Actually, Cookie, if you read Steve Jobs' biography, you will find he's quite adamant about Apple's core competency. It is *their* hardware, *their* software, the integration between the two, and, most importantly, the whole end-user experience using and interacting with that hardware and software.
73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA [email protected] K3 #281, P3 #688 On 2/25/2012 1:27 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: > Apple's core competency is its Operating System, not its hardware. The > I-Phone did not stray. In Elecraft we are fortunate to deal with a company > with principles that understand their niche very well. It is a rare mind set > that allows them to accept suggestions that improve their product while > receiving even more suggestions that would lead them astray. My observation > is that Wayne and Eric are excellent at separating the two and providing the > right products without discouraging the brainstorming. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ& Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > > ________________________________ > From: David Gilbert<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Key Down Amps > > > The chips in cellphones that provide the major functions aren't made by > the cellphone manufacturers, and in fact some rather small outfits > around the world are able to make cellphones because of that. It's kind > of foolish to compare the tremendous resources (design, marketing, > global subcontractor base, economies of scale, global market channels, > etc) that Apple already had at their disposal and the HUGE available > market for cellphones with the situation Elecraft is in. > > There have been far more companies who self-destructed because they > didn't understand their core competencies and strayed too far outside it > than those who successfully branched out into multiple other markets. > > Dave AB7E > > > > On 2/25/2012 8:06 AM, Rick Prather wrote: >> Sounds like advice you could have given Steve Jobs just before Apple came >> out with the iPhone. >> >> :-) >> >> Rick >> K6LE >> >> On 2/25/2012, at 12:13 , Oliver Dröse<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am sure Dave meant the monitor/display itself, Eric. ;-)) >>> >>> @all: >>> And it would *not* make sense for Elecraft to get into those markets, too. >>> Already saturated, low margins, etc. A small company like Elecraft should >>> always stick to what they do best (aka core business) ... in this case it's >>> wonderful amateur radio equipment. ;-)) >>> >>> Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA >>> http://www.dh8bqa.de/ >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
