I actually found myself disagreeing with that. There are many great ideas that were killed by corporate bureaucracies before they had a chance of being shipped.
I guess we just interpret it differently. I don't ascribe "greatness" to merely ideas or potential. Execution or application has to follow.
A great idea killed by a BigCo bureaucracy is like a talented athlete who is injured before his/her pro career even starts. All the talent in the world will never put such a person in the record books or hall of fame.
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"Nothing great was ever not shipped"
That's gold.
I actually found myself disagreeing with that. There are many great ideas that were killed by corporate bureaucracies before they had a chance of being shipped.
I guess we just interpret it differently. I don't ascribe "greatness" to merely ideas or potential. Execution or application has to follow.
A great idea killed by a BigCo bureaucracy is like a talented athlete who is injured before his/her pro career even starts. All the talent in the world will never put such a person in the record books or hall of fame.
Wouldn't a good idea that's killed by BigCo still count as "not shipped"?
No matter how good it could've been, it still wasn't shipped.