Comments on: Mobile 2.0: Are Mobile Operators like IBM? http://mcguireslaw.com/2010/09/27/mobile-20-are-mobile-operators-like-ibm/ The value of any product or service increases with its mobility. Sun, 19 Mar 2017 02:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.16 By: Erik http://mcguireslaw.com/2010/09/27/mobile-20-are-mobile-operators-like-ibm/#comment-4116 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:41:13 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=5385#comment-4116 You bet!

Pretty interesting stuff when those huge vertical integrations start to break down because the market demands innovation :-)

Similar to what we’ve seen in our industry….

]]> By: Russ http://mcguireslaw.com/2010/09/27/mobile-20-are-mobile-operators-like-ibm/#comment-4114 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:28:20 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=5385#comment-4114 Thanks Erik. I enjoyed reading Simon’s piece. I didn’t know Kodak invented the digital camera!

]]> By: Erik http://mcguireslaw.com/2010/09/27/mobile-20-are-mobile-operators-like-ibm/#comment-4105 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:49:32 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=5385#comment-4105 Great post!

Simon Sinek wrote on a similar topic on his blog today and I really enjoyed reading about Kodak’s death grip on their walled garden:

http://sinekpartners.typepad.com/refocus/2010/09/dont-protect-your-property.html

The Zig Ziegler quote of “People don’t buy drills, they buy holes” is extremely relevant in all of this….who’s focusing on the customer in all of this? They’ll be the winner…

]]> By: Tony Fish http://mcguireslaw.com/2010/09/27/mobile-20-are-mobile-operators-like-ibm/#comment-4103 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:11:48 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=5385#comment-4103 Russ, indeed I was referring to the growth of the PC industry and how it has come full circle.

Walled gardens went open and have become walled ( I cannot believe it is 10 years since I wrote “Open Gardens” with Ajit) to which the response was that AOL would never have created Facebook and that is such an important observation.

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