tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post4440678483478856353..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: PS4 Hits 30 Million, Xbox… Not So MuchDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-43522028372234942062015-12-11T09:50:43.314-07:002015-12-11T09:50:43.314-07:00Of course. But that's why the alumni advisory ...Of course. But that's why the alumni advisory boards of business schools across the country want us to have more writing assignments.Dave Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877686358267438045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-16185153955466463992015-12-10T13:44:52.722-07:002015-12-10T13:44:52.722-07:00Lol, sorry about the "swifter agility", ...Lol, sorry about the "swifter agility", I think I meant to use one or the other. But yes, Alphabet is now the holding group to Google. The Google business now consists of the former company's core competencies like Google Search, Google Maps,Google Ads, YouTube, Android, and Google Apps. Some of the other subsidiaries to Alphabet are Google Fiber,Calico, Nest, Google Ventures, and Hank Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944619495960290914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-74966113137980894732015-12-10T08:41:14.398-07:002015-12-10T08:41:14.398-07:00Lol, sorry about the "swifter agility", ...Lol, sorry about the "swifter agility", I think I meant to use one or the other. But yes, Alphabet is now the holding group to Google. The Google business now consists of the former company's core competencies like Google Search, Google Maps,Google Ads, YouTube, Android, and Google Apps. Some of the other subsidiaries to Alphabet are Google Fiber,Calico, Nest, Google Ventures, and Hank Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944619495960290914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-91385935681585639902015-12-09T18:41:50.122-07:002015-12-09T18:41:50.122-07:00Hank Hill: 50/50 ("swifter agility" ???,...Hank Hill: 50/50 ("swifter agility" ???, I guess there's nothing technically wrong with that, but I'm tempted to take off for repetitiveness).<br /><br />Thanks for this comment. Really. I was aware of the Google/Alphabet thing, but I had not read up on it enough to be aware of the underlying motivation. So, did Google spin off some divisions, and then create a holding company Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-29942609501068920432015-12-08T21:47:29.211-07:002015-12-08T21:47:29.211-07:00The comments from this posting made me think of Go...The comments from this posting made me think of Google's recent structural change where Google became a subsidiary to Alphabet. In the case of Google, many investors were getting frustrated with the variety of different projects Google was undertaking; many of these projects were not profitable and many were extremely profitable, i.e., online advertising was and is very profitable. Since Hank Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944619495960290914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-16553687881240049992015-12-08T12:09:54.061-07:002015-12-08T12:09:54.061-07:00Brigham: 50/50
You're fine (as long as I didn...Brigham: 50/50<br /><br />You're fine (as long as I didn't come across as a jerk). A thread like this is why blogging works for online classes :-)<br /><br />I maintain that a lot of people are encouraging you to focus on units shipped to divert your attention away from the profits that aren't being earned.†<br /><br />As to Brigham's suggestion that it would be nice if the Dave Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877686358267438045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-38519698424451891642015-12-01T20:30:06.968-07:002015-12-01T20:30:06.968-07:00Dr. Tufte I really didn't think of it that way...Dr. Tufte I really didn't think of it that way. I guess i was more focused on the number of units that Sony has put out. I wish each of the companies console divisions had their own stocks separate from their other divisions so we could really tell who is ahead. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394811400686319793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-10454190319028096562015-11-30T22:47:02.813-07:002015-11-30T22:47:02.813-07:00Brigham Kindell: 94/100 (you wrote "buy"...Brigham Kindell: 94/100 (you wrote "buy" instead of "by").<br /><br />Hmmm. Not too much ManEc here.<br /><br />Let's see: XBox One is bundled with more hardware, and buyers don't seem to like the bundle that much. The PS4 is bundled with early availability of some games, and consumers seem to like that.<br /><br />You know what's screaming out to me though? <a Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com