In thinking about the latest round of rumors of another company supposedly “beating” Apple to a market in which Apple hasn’t entered yet, I remembered how this sort of scenario happened many times in the past. I wanted to understand if “beating to the punch” is really the parameter we should be looking at.
Couldn’t agree more.
Agreed. They aren’t overly concerned about 1st just best and that’s what makes them great.
Beating anyone to the wrong punch is still a valid punch beating maneuver, right?
My particular favourite is :
April 2012: The Los Angeles Times asks whether IKEA has beaten Apple to an all-in-one television.
IKEA, the world leader in manufactured flat-pack furniture has suddenly taken a Corporate dogleg into consumer electronics?
Samesung added voice control to their dumb tv range after hearing a rumour that a possible Apple television product would have Siri integrated – ‘innovation’ at its best…
Let’s not forget that Apple was among the last of the majors to enter the MP3-player market… and we can see how badly that worked out for them.
They had it in before rumors of an iTV even began.