Tech Companies Vs. Car Companies

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by why?

If Google bought out all of GM, paid the taxpayers back every penny, then I would love it, because Google wouldn't abide by putting out shitty noncompetitive models decade after decade.

The problem though is car makers just don't work like other companies. It would take a dedicated team to really understand the ins and outs of car manufacturing and sales before it could become feasible. And as we just saw, even Apple, late king of smart phones, was too dumb to even check international laws on what is and is not considered 4g in each country before putting out an add campaign. If they won't even do that little bit of research, do you really think they would do all the research into a totally new industry?

This post of yours reminds me of another realistic post on a past thread. The past thread was about (and prior to) the Space Shuttle Endeavour's move through the streets of Southern California. I wrote a post, essentially wondering if there was any coordination between the Shuttle people and the government entities. Member tk1971 replied that he works in a large, professional environment where big money is at stake and that in his experience people do the 'minimum possible' (I forget his exact terminology, but that was what he was trying to convey. He was right. During the move, the Endeavour people ran into the problems (trees in the way, etc.) that I was wondering if they would plan for. They obviously didn't do the planning.