[luhn]

> You might not be able to turn an aircraft carrier on a dime but when you do you've got an aircraft carrier.

I'm not sure what this means.

[bfstein]

He's saying that while it may be more difficult to change strategic direction of a $50B company (Ford/Gm/etc.), once you do, you have a huge company and giant production line behind you.

[thecopy]

I interpret it as GM/Ford etc, the big ones, means serious competetion when they start focusing on this, but they are slow to start the focus since they are big.