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by diego_sandoval 696 days ago
Microsoft would have been totally incapable of coming up with a product like the Iphone.

Even if you gave them a crystal ball in 2006 that sees 8 years into the future and showed them pictures of the smartphones being used in 2014, they still would have botched it, because they're culturally incapable of understanding the end user.

So, I while I do think the second mover advantage contributed to the Iphone's success, the biggest factor was Jobs' user-focused, opinionated vision.