[Elecraft] Key Down Amps

[Ian Kahn - Ham]

Actually, Cookie, if you read Steve Jobs' biography, you will find he's 
quite adamant about Apple's core competency.  It is *their* hardware, 
*their* software, the integration between the two, and, most 
importantly, the whole end-user experience using and interacting with 
that hardware and software.

73,

--Ian

Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA
km4ik.ian at gmail.com
K3 #281, P3 #688


On 2/25/2012 1:27 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:
> Apple's core competency is its Operating System, not its hardware.  The I-Phone did not stray.  In Elecraft we are fortunate to deal with a company with principles that understand their niche very well.  It is a rare mind set that allows them to accept suggestions that improve their product while receiving even more suggestions that would lead them astray.  My observation is that Wayne and Eric are excellent at separating the two and providing the right products without discouraging the brainstorming.  
>   
> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
> K5EWJ&  Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: David Gilbert<xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Key Down Amps
>
>
> The chips in cellphones that provide the major functions aren't made by
> the cellphone manufacturers, and in fact some rather small outfits
> around the world are able to make cellphones because of that.  It's kind
> of foolish to compare the tremendous resources (design, marketing,
> global subcontractor base, economies of scale, global market channels,
> etc) that Apple already had at their disposal and the HUGE available
> market for cellphones with the situation Elecraft is in.
>
> There have been far more companies who self-destructed because they
> didn't understand their core competencies and strayed too far outside it
> than those who successfully branched out into multiple other markets.
>
> Dave  AB7E
>
>
>
> On 2/25/2012 8:06 AM, Rick Prather wrote:
>> Sounds like advice you could have given Steve Jobs just before Apple came out with the iPhone.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Rick
>> K6LE
>>
>> On 2/25/2012, at 12:13 , Oliver Dröse<droese at necg.de>   wrote:
>>
>>> I am sure Dave meant the monitor/display itself, Eric. ;-))
>>>
>>> @all:
>>> And it would *not* make sense for Elecraft to get into those markets, too.
>>> Already saturated, low margins, etc. A small company like Elecraft should
>>> always stick to what they do best (aka core business) ... in this case it's
>>> wonderful amateur radio equipment. ;-))
>>>
>>> Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA
>>> http://www.dh8bqa.de/
>>>
>>>
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