XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 30/12/2025 08:14, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/29/25 16:59, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:33:43 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Unfortunately, it's a secret society, like the Freemasons. Currently   
   >>> the MBAs run the companies, so they hire people who belong to the   
   >>> same club. It's not about competence.   
   >>   
   >> That won’t work, though. Incompetent companies will get out-competed   
   >> by competent ones in the marketplace.   
   >   
   >    But are they really 'competent', or is it just   
   >    dumb luck ?   
   >   
   It's smart luck.   
   It takes a lot of previous hard work and experience to recognise luck   
   when it comes along.   
      
      
      
   >    "Winners" aren't always "better" - just in the right   
   >    place at the right time. They THEY self-destruct ...   
   >   
   Depends on the motivation of the founders. Bill Gates still notionally   
   runs Microsoft.   
   Steve Jobs died still associated with Apple, but Woz got out.   
      
   I don't blame him, no interesting design left to do really.   
      
      
      
      
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