Likely Success of Internet-Related Business Models?

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Likely Success of Internet-Related Business Models?

Posted by Cliff on Friday January 2, 2004 @08:13AM from the as-long-as-you-don't-stake-your-rep-on-it dept.

guess-for-success asks: "In Lester Thurow's latest book, published by HarperBusiness Books (Fall 2003), Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity, there is a chapter which discusses the beginning of new industries. During this time, several business models are introduced and only a few will survive. Looking at the PC industry, Commodore was the industry leader in the 1980's, but ultimately failed and went bankrupt in 1994. Successful business models such as Dell were not introduced until years after the industry began. I now ask the Slashdot community: which internet business models they believe are going to succeed? Which companies will rise to the top? Will they be infrastructure related companies such as Cisco and even FedEx, or will they be true dot.com's such as eBay or Amazon?"

"You can find out more about Lester Thurow here. He is a professor of economics and management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been the Dean of the Sloan School of Business at MIT. He has three New York Times best selling books to his credit and consults widely around the globe."

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FP by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  straight to the point - that's how i like them
Frosty! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Eat me!
Answer: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by MonTempIar · 2004-01-02 08:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Over the last 20 years I have been running a small bespoke software company, currently the larger players suck as IBM and Russian companys are really putting the squeeze on us.

We really had to tighten our belts, I am not proud of this but I had to let a couple of my guys go and I replaced them with some Indians with H1-B visas. It is not very patriotic I know but they are hardworking and pleasant.

Just last week I asked them if there was much talent in India, they were very confident that Indian programmers were very compitent. I told them to go over there find some offices get some interviews going and I would meet them in a month. You see the only way I can compete with the big players and the Europeans is to relocate my business and my family to India.

Oh well the weather is nice, I will post updates in my journal, friend me if you are interested.
1. Re:A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by soft_guy · 2004-01-02 08:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Make sure you get a pet mongoose for the kids.
  
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2. Re:A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Screw India. Hope your business goes flat just because your taking it to India. Just remember you get what you pay for.
3. Re:A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by Serveert · 2004-01-02 08:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  China is cheaper, India is getting too expensive.
  
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4. Re:A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  "Just last week I asked them if there was much talent in India, they were very confident that Indian programmers were very compitent. "
  
  Have you thought about those Indian programmers' self-interest? What other answer do you expect to hear from them?
  
  Every corporate management said the programmers in India are competent. Is it really true? I don't think so. I have worked with lots programmers in India. The majority of them are NOT competent. Only a few of them are good programmers.
  
  It is NOT their skills that attract businesses. They only get the U.S. businesses because they are CHEAPER than American programmers. So, please don't expect the same code quality.
  
  Unfortunately, poor code quality is not immediately visible to the corporate manager. It will eventually show up in the next release or maintenance. Then, you will see how inferior cheap Indian programmers cause the companies to lose their reputation and strategic competitiveness.
5. Re:A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  "China is cheaper, India is getting too expensive."
  
  Not really. Chinese programmers charge a higher rate than the Indians. The Chinese cannot compete against Indian on price. For example, I see a few billion-dollar corporation not even consider the Chinese for outsourcing because their purpose for outsourcing is to cut cost. Why go to China if India has cheaper labor?
6. Re:A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 16:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  China is less developed & up and coming, Indians are getting too used to expensive items, cost of living is rising, so is the cost of outsourcing to India unfortunately.
7. Re:A lesson on HOW to stay COMPETETIVE by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 21:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  " China is less developed & up and coming, Indians are getting too used to expensive items, cost of living is rising, so is the cost of outsourcing to India unfortunately."
  
  You are joking? Based on my research and travel experience, China is much more developed than India.
  
  Look at the economics data:
  
  China - 1.3 trillion U.S. Dollars GDP
  India - not even 1 trillion U.S. Dollars GDP
  
  China is the fastest growing market in the world. It has growed at the annual rate of 7+% over a decade. It still continues to grow at a faster rate than many Asian countries.
  
  China is a diversified market. It has manufacturing, construction, finance, software, hardware, etc. On the other hands, what does India have? They mostly only have software, which is a volatile industry.
  
  As a U.S. enterperual, I will bet on the Chinese market than the Indian market.
Commodore was the leader ? by Slowtreme · 2004-01-02 08:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Just a comment about the post not the story, but what part of the 1980's was Commodore leading anything? Maybe outside the US? I know the Amiga was big in the EU, but the C64 and like have always seemed to be 1/2 computer 1/2 game console.
Did they really sell that many units?

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What's "bespoke"? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm serious. Is that a place or an adjective?
1. Re:What's "bespoke"? by BluedemonX · 2004-01-02 08:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  "Bespoke" in couture refers to an item of clothing custom made to you - hence a "bespoke" suit, etc.
  
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2. Re:What's "bespoke"? by Jo+Owen · 2004-01-02 08:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  They write software on demand for specific purposes and people,
3. Re:What's "bespoke"? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 18:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  "Bespoke" is one of those words that, when you look it up in the dictionary, you still don't have a clue what it means.
This is a troll by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

c'mon moderators.

you guys would probably fall for the nigerian
money forwarding scam.
Re:Gold Rush by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 08:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That would explain the ads for slashdot personals (aka blowjobs from kathleen fent).