Yes completely. To make the good choices at the right time, is what makes a company to take the lead.DemoCoder said:Being able to take advantage of opportunities when they come your way is a skill. You call it luck, I call it, recognizing an opportunity when you see it, and taking advantage of it.
Everyday there are opportunities out there. When someone starts a company and gets rich off such an opportunity, you say "they got lucky and were at the right place at the right time". I say, they saw something other people overlooked, and worked hard to get it.
It's the hallmark of entrepreneurism.
borntosoul said:chance favours the ready and well prepared ,and yes call it timing call it luck call it what you want ,but through out history this has happend ,nvidia was at the right place at the right time but they were also up to the job, 3dfx couldnt keep up ,and they offered the best deal at the time to get the xbox contract .ati delivered with their 9700 so was it luck for them that nvidia couldnt bring the fx to market on time ?ati were able to capitilize on this and take back a bit of ground lost through hard work and insight . you can argue that if nvidia released the fx on time it wouldve been different but there are a lot of ifs .
no one has even brought up the cost of the finished cards to the manufacturer and just what kind of profit margin they may recieve. The reason I bring this up is I believe the whole GFFX debacle may have even more far reaching effect on the relationship between nVidia and it's customers than it's end users
you just said what i just said in a different wayEvildeus said:borntosoul said:chance favours the ready and well prepared ,and yes call it timing call it luck call it what you want ,but through out history this has happend ,nvidia was at the right place at the right time but they were also up to the job, 3dfx couldnt keep up ,and they offered the best deal at the time to get the xbox contract .ati delivered with their 9700 so was it luck for them that nvidia couldnt bring the fx to market on time ?ati were able to capitilize on this and take back a bit of ground lost through hard work and insight . you can argue that if nvidia released the fx on time it wouldve been different but there are a lot of ifs .
The problem is: it's not because you are at the right place at the right time that you take the opportunity to do it. Every firm has this situation, but few do the right thing. And the others, they get out of business or stay with low profile during some time.
Right now, i would say that Ati top management has made the right move, and Nvidia is trying to kick back (6-8 month late boy). It's not because a firm (Nvidia) has done the right move in past that they will always do it likewise, and conversely. 8)