A Million Developers On A Million Keyboards: Ecosystems Require R&D Density (crunchgear?)
Walking around CES this week it's easy to see the future: just look at the
components being sold in the nether regions of the show. These include
specific things - Bluetooth powered electrical cords, for example - and
"pieces" like smaller motherboards, cases, and materials. When planning a
launch line-up, major manufacturers peruse catalogs of potential hardware and
materials solutions to decide what to create next, then task their hardware
designers to choose the proper parts in order to build in the features that
meet their initial requirement. Does this TV need a 64-inch LED backlit
screen? Four HDMI ports? A blue bezel? Designers figure out which parts fit
where and place their parts and assembly order. It's been like this for
decades. When I write that Samsung could be the next Apple, I meant that
Samsung seems to have finally bucked this trend, at least in part. The problem
with the above shop-design-build process is that there is little synergy among
various business units. The mobile guys have a certain menu from which to pick
while the TV guys have a different menu. The phone OS has always been
different than the TV "OS" ...
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