First to market only works until the second one to market arrives, at
which point it then the market share leans toward the company who
demonstrates best understanding of the market through their product
coupled with the best marketing team.
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techpubs) At 03:50 PM 10/19/2007, you wrote: Sony made buckets of money on
beta. Their strategy is heavily weighted to the first mover advantage. THey
are not particularly interested
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First on market (was RE: radical revamping of techpubs) Despite the
incredible pressure that people feel to be the first on the market with the
latest release, I think history shows that it is almost NEVER the first
product to market that has long-term
such as the Memory Stick.
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Technical Writer wrote:
Many, especially in business, would argue the opposite; the
first mover advantage is huge. Case in point, the business
strategy of Sony.
Sony is a good company with solid products, but their track record on
innovations sucks. They brought us, among others, Beta
