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See what happened to IBM. They have been doing it for decades. Are they still big? Sure. Are they here to stay for decades? Jawohl. Are they irrelevant too? Yup.

They are a shadow of their former self.

I expect to see the same screenplay with Intel. Actually it started a while ago also, but many were in denial about it.

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That this was Intel's path was obvious to me and most of my coworkers when I was there during the BK days. I'm sure it wasn't a new thing even then, just new to me.

All of the major tech companies are running up the down escalator. What keeps them going is knowing what will happen if they stumble.

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