Comments on: Asus: We might not be profitable this quarter http://liliputing.com/2009/06/asus-we-might-not-be-profitable-this-quarter.html Compact Computing Fri, 25 May 2012 21:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: zima http://liliputing.com/2009/06/asus-we-might-not-be-profitable-this-quarter.html#comment-48720 zima Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:33:49 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=9797#comment-48720 Uhm, their main innovation in the netbook market was swarming it with almost identical products (each of which requires some R&D and marketing).<br><br>I could see how their "innovations" are what's responsible...<br><br>And seriously: Asus just took Intel Classmate, adopted it for original Eee and refined it slightly ever since (but still treating it just like "small laptop"); Classmate itself was a direct response to OLPC XO-1. Only...less innovative (ignoring for the sake of argument that it was a "response"; it went backward as far as innovation goes) Uhm, their main innovation in the netbook market was swarming it with almost identical products (each of which requires some R&D and marketing).

I could see how their “innovations” are what's responsible…

And seriously: Asus just took Intel Classmate, adopted it for original Eee and refined it slightly ever since (but still treating it just like “small laptop”); Classmate itself was a direct response to OLPC XO-1. Only…less innovative (ignoring for the sake of argument that it was a “response”; it went backward as far as innovation goes)

]]> By: zima http://liliputing.com/2009/06/asus-we-might-not-be-profitable-this-quarter.html#comment-22556 zima Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:33:49 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=9797#comment-22556 Uhm, their main innovation in the netbook market was swarming it with almost identical products (each of which requires some R&D and marketing).<br><br>I could see how their "innovations" are what's responsible...<br><br>And seriously: Asus just took Intel Classmate, adopted it for original Eee and refined it slightly ever since (but still treating it just like "small laptop"); Classmate itself was a direct response to OLPC XO-1. Uhm, their main innovation in the netbook market was swarming it with almost identical products (each of which requires some R&D and marketing).

I could see how their “innovations” are what's responsible…

And seriously: Asus just took Intel Classmate, adopted it for original Eee and refined it slightly ever since (but still treating it just like “small laptop”); Classmate itself was a direct response to OLPC XO-1.

]]> By: BoloMKXXVIII http://liliputing.com/2009/06/asus-we-might-not-be-profitable-this-quarter.html#comment-22516 BoloMKXXVIII Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:28:56 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=9797#comment-22516 Good call on not launching an Android netbook that is only half baked. Better to take their time and get it right. If they get a bad reputation early it will be difficult to overcome. Good call on not launching an Android netbook that is only half baked. Better to take their time and get it right. If they get a bad reputation early it will be difficult to overcome.

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