>Another good example is IBM. Did they blow it by not becoming a leader in PC manufacture as they had been in mainframes?
Their ROI looks pretty good right now and they got out of the business.

>One of the posts here pointed to a link (I wish I had saved the linkt) where a tech exec said:
"We are on a burning platform"

>All of our platforms seem to be subject to burning now, so it's a good time to let things simmer down for a while and not chase things that might fit the classic depiction

+10 well said Bill!

Johnf