05-16-2007, 01:27 PM
> that's a tenuous and arguable 'fact'.
As is the suggestion that GM is the world's largest manufacturer. Toyota has already been declared the largest manufacturer by analysts, but the 2007 figures have to be assessed in the late Fall before it becomes official.
Meanwhile, you seem to have missed the subtle point: The auto industry in general is not suffering the same decline that the US auto manufacturers are experiencing. If the market can support Toyota's massive growth then GM's massive loss of marketshare can't be due to a declining market.
GM is not competing effectively. It might be due to poor engineering or poor marketing or whatever, but all of that comes down to almost incredibly poor choices on the part of management... "incompetence" was just the right word.
> Now APPLE...
...
> So, I guess they failed, too. They were NUMBER ONE with the Apple II and 'desktop'/GUI Operating Systems.
That's a point that most people seem happy to concede: In the 1980's Apple lost their massive lead in the market due to mismanagement.
But Apple seems to be on a bit of a comeback. After a complete overhaul of their management team.
Perhaps that's what GM needs.
As is the suggestion that GM is the world's largest manufacturer. Toyota has already been declared the largest manufacturer by analysts, but the 2007 figures have to be assessed in the late Fall before it becomes official.
Meanwhile, you seem to have missed the subtle point: The auto industry in general is not suffering the same decline that the US auto manufacturers are experiencing. If the market can support Toyota's massive growth then GM's massive loss of marketshare can't be due to a declining market.
GM is not competing effectively. It might be due to poor engineering or poor marketing or whatever, but all of that comes down to almost incredibly poor choices on the part of management... "incompetence" was just the right word.
> Now APPLE...
...
> So, I guess they failed, too. They were NUMBER ONE with the Apple II and 'desktop'/GUI Operating Systems.
That's a point that most people seem happy to concede: In the 1980's Apple lost their massive lead in the market due to mismanagement.
But Apple seems to be on a bit of a comeback. After a complete overhaul of their management team.
Perhaps that's what GM needs.