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by slapshot 5878 days ago
It lost me at "Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, IBM, DEC, Compaq, HP, Lotus, Sun, Netscape, Google, Twitter. Over the years they come and go, and they never solve problems."

I can think of quite a few problems that Google solved. Same for HP, Lotus, Sun, Apple, Oracle, IBM, DEC, and Netscape.

Take the example of Apple -- it revived itself from near-death after the original Mac desktop platform proved unprofitable.

Take the example of IBM -- kids these days might not remember it, but IBM used to make hardware. Now it makes practically none, but still has a massive and useful business.

Take Google -- it didn't always dominate advertising.

Etc.

I think Twitter is probably the only company on that list that hasn't undergone at least one fundamental transformation, and that's simply a matter of time.