sinofsky

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by sinofsky 8y ago
Yes. I should not have left out image stabilization which would have been even more beneficial to film :-) Also a great point about R&D budget during the digital transition. Canon definitely was going "in house" for digital wh
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by sinofsky 11y ago
Assume starting salary and velocity and ability to perform are all equal. Then that's one interpretation of the original article.
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by sinofsky 11y ago
You could apply this same model to IBM very easily if you started from college any time from 1993 (April to be precise) and 2013. If you just worked your way up the promotion ladder you would have done super well financially (better than th
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by sinofsky 11y ago
Oops, two hn usernames. Browser cache issue.
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by sinofsky 12y ago
These are some great quotes. Caveat: I am old. Programming methodology debates wear me out as quickly as language or commenting convention debates :) I certainly remember many of the quotes when they first came about. I’m a product of the o
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by sinofsky 12y ago
It is me. I've always participated in forums like HN while at Microsoft (and now). I think you can even find me on USENET archives :-)
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by sinofsky 12y ago
History shows that in the short term the devices that are new have characteristics of the generation being replaced. But then they break away and things get redefined. The first word processors looked like typewriters. The first presentatio
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by sinofsky 12y ago
At every moment of disruption in technology people saying that the new technology doesn't replace the incumbent. By definition disruptive technologies are less functional and inadequate "replacements". First, folks tend to t