Comments on: Motorola is Scared of Korea?

By: daniel

daniel — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:38:34 +0000

#20, Ireland has become a centre of innovation, rising from the ashes to become one of Europe’s most successful countries.

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:32:03 +0000

Actually I’ve got to hand it to Korean companies. They are some very determined bastards. When they set a goal to be number 1 or number 2 in a market, they make a super human effort to get there. Often the methodology is not that good, but they seem to get there just through sheer determination.
You see that in how Koreans drive and walk. Pathetic methodology but determined to get from point A to point B no matter how many people get run/knocked over.
Kinda like ants really.

By: KrZ

KrZ — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:03:46 +0000

Both LG and Samsung are on the Blu-Ray board of directors and both have received a very large number of patents relating to Blu-Ray technology. I think the first dual HD-DVD/Blu-Ray drive to come on the market was Korean, although that’s a moot point now it still highlights their technological prowess. Samsung’s 500GB 2.5″ HD in a regular form factor has no competition on the horizon either. Don’t give .jp too much credit.

By: malagga

malagga — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:34:18 +0000

Korea is fourth largest filer of patents in the world (2007) just after US, Japan and Germany.

Did anybody say anything about innovativeness?

http://english.chosun.com/w21d.....20027.html

By: loveisblind

loveisblind — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:42:45 +0000

hmm. you know what’s weird. i have seen phones that looked a lot like the razr that offered similar features in Korea at least 5+ years before it came out in America. i think korean cell phone companies should get a bit more credit. lol. a lot of the phones i see in america are nothing new to me but i guess no is linking it back to Korea having similar phones first, except.. korea? lol

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:45:28 +0000

Not by the simple fact of learning English, no. But English connects that mind to currents of thought and innovation outside the Chinese mainstream. English makes it possible to be liberated. This is why the English language is the world’s best hope for progress. Can you imagine a world where the dominant modes of thought are the ones transmitted in the Chinese or Arabic languages? I’d rather not.

Depends on who’s doing the transmitting. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Arabs learn English and even study or live overseas, yet they think and speak like their monolingual compatriots. Oh, the fun we Westerners would have if hundreds of thousands of us became proficient in Chinese and Arabic and could talk back in those languages.

By: WangKon936

WangKon936 — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:32:47 +0000

# 36,

Well, if you are referring to moi, if you look at the paragraph immediately after, I don’t spare Korean companies either and deride their lack of innovation.

# 37,

Yes what I meant to say is that Americans have always been innovative but have until recently been poor executors.

# 43 and other Ireland boosters,

Yeah, I forgot about those guys. Too many late night images of Conan O’Brien making funny faces got me underestimating them.

I still stand by my belief that the Philippines, a semi-English speaking nation (like India), is run more like a banana republic and will, for the foreseeable future, lack any dynamism and industry. Speaking the English language hasn’t made the average pinoy any more disciplined or hard working.

# 44,

JJ, I don’t know if you meant to be sarcatic, but I just don’t agree with that viewpoint. The believe that you have a systemic advantage over a competitor is a sure fire way to become complacent and let that competitor zoom by you.

By: dogbert

dogbert — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:05:05 +0000

I bought a Motorola Q9c last month that bricked itself after one day of use. More power to Samsung and LG if they are putting out products that work.

By: gbnhj

gbnhj — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:42:59 +0000

As a grad student in the Nineties, I remember reading the Harvard case study dealing with Motorola CEO Bob Galvin’s concerns about the company becoming technologically obsolescent in the 1970’s. These guys sure take their time dying.

By: judge judy

judge judy — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:52:04 +0000

India will quickly emerge as a center of innovation and dynamism — maybe not on par with first-rank countries for a while yet, but they will overtake and stay ahead of Korea permanently.

Agreed. And yes, it is highly correlated with the English language.