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Originally Posted by knobtwiddler
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were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
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A solution looking for a problem -) |
I have a theory that some time in the early 90s the management of Philips and B&O got fed up with the "too clever by half" innovations coming from their R&D departments and sent their engineers on a field trip to the Oktoberfest where they couldn't cause any more trouble. There, they bumped into Grundig's R&D engineers who were drowning their sorrows as they bemoaned their employer's decline as a major player in the consumer electronics market. Much of the local brew was imbibed and, as the rest of the beer hall danced on the tables, the disgruntled Philips and B&O staff finally found someone who was willing to listen to their latest idea.
The following morning, as their heads cleared, the Grundig team had a feeling they'd got hold of a plan which would propel their formerly staid and sensible company in to the 21st century, leapfrogging the competition. They sat down with a collection of the latest data books and set to work. The rest is, sadly, history.
Chris