Tablet PC and Microsoft guru Dick Brass cuts his ties with Microsoft in “I told you so” letter about struggles with Tablet PC in 2001. As a product consultant at LexisNexis, I led our participation in the the Tablet PC Alpha program and struggled mightily to get LexisNexis to drink the Koolaid. I was right, but nine years too early, which equals being wrong! LexisNexis was right to wait for the iPhone and iPad, which are a great fit for technophobic lawyers. The struggle over Tablet PC was one of the key experiences that led me to create Nimble Books — so that when I am ahead of the curve, I can take advantage of it!
At Microsoft, it has created a dysfunctional corporate culture in which the big established groups are allowed to prey upon emerging teams, belittle their efforts, compete unfairly against them for resources, and over time hector them out of existence. It’s not an accident that almost all the executives in charge of Microsoft’s music, e-books, phone, online, search and tablet efforts over the past decade have left.
via Op-Ed Contributor – Microsoft’s Creative Destruction – NYTimes.com.
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