Thursday, December 11, 2008

David kills Goliath and gets killed by another David!


Everyone knows the story of David and Goliath. An Epic battle between a brave young man and a Huge powerful Warrior.
David was young and inexperienced. While Goliath was a master in his field.

This term called "young" made David an Hero. People loved him because he was young and brave enough to defy a massive figure.

But the same people will hate him once when his status becomes "Massive". And when another young man challenges David. David will be considered as an villain.

Perfect example is today's Business World. Back in 80's when Microsoft was just a small company with an employee base lesser than 10, Microsoft was considered David and IBM was considered Goliath. Microsoft's MS-DOS was getting more popularity than IBM's PC-DOS. IBM was then the biggest computer manufacture and also had the leading OS sales.
But Microsoft proved that being a giant is not enough. Microsoft had a far better vision than IBM. Microsoft was all the Tech World talked about. Microsoft's battle to conquer the OS market was David trying to slay the Goliath IBM. Microsoft was considered as David and people supported it. Finally Microsoft got the maximum hold of the Market.

Now Microsoft is the biggest software company in the world. No longer a David, Now a Goliath. People hate Microsoft now. There are more number of critics than praising articles.
Now Apple's Mac is considered as David. Everyone praises Apple for its efficient OS. Mac is slowly conquering the OS market. Now having a Mac is considered cool than having a PC.

Likewise Yahoo is considered as a Goliath in the search business, People used Yahoo in their everyday life. Then came Google the David. People supported Google for being a young and the brave David. Now after slaying Yahoo, Google is the search leader and the Goliath. And Google critics are slowly emerging.

So the lessons that everyone should know is.

1.)When People start loving you, it means your going to make it big. When people start hating you, it means You are Big!
2.) Being at the top is like renting a house. You have to pay higher and higher each year or else get replaced by someone who is able to pay it!

1 comment:

  1. Very beautiful juxtapositions! Most apt and completely agree.

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