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Originally Posted by Brad
Right, because no one company ever has been able to support and expand two related but distinct products without spinning them off into separate subsidiary companies.
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That's not the point at all, and you know it. The CEO can say what he wants; everyone knows what he really means is that they don't see as much of a future for DVD rentals as they do for streaming.
The next best option would have been to kill that feature altogether.
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Originally Posted by Brad
And weren't we all so excited when Apple forked off its aging Mac division to another company when they saw the future was all about iPhones and iPads? At least those two products didn't share a common interface.
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Huh? If anything, Apple is even worse in that regard. They don't spin off; they kill.
I'm not sure what you're arguing here, since they have killed ruthlessly under Jobs 2.0. Obvious examples like the Newton are joined by less obvious ones like clickwheel-based iPods.