Talk:Disruptive innovation/Archives/2015
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Cutting more items
Here's a few more I'm cutting. These are a little more borderline, so I'm saving the original text. If you disagree, find a source and drop it back in. ---- CharlesGillingham (talk) 20:20, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
| Disruptive Innovation | Displaced or Marginalized technology | Notes | WHY I CUT IT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile VoIP | GSM and Roaming | VoIP technology over a Wi-Fi network can cost next to nothing for the user and the network used in data traffic on a unit basis; compared to the standard GSM network, especially for roaming calls. Where GSM providers would charge what is widely considered ludicrous pricing for services such as calling international countries, installing a small application on compatible mobile phones, can cost the user nothing.[citation needed]
However, this service cannot replace GSM fully, since it relies on the expansion of Wi-Fi enabled areas.[citation needed] |
No citation. Does not argue that the market has been disrupted, but rather that the market will be or should be disrupted. |
| Solid state drive | Hard disk drive | The solid state drive has many benefits towards the hard disk drive[1]. SSDs have begun to appear in laptops, although as of 2009 they are substantially more expensive per unit of capacity than hard drives ($580 for a 256 GB SSD, vs. $50 for a similar size external USB HDD[2]). The price of SSD are dropping[3]. The SSD has replaced the Hard disk drive as the boot disk in the high end market. | Again, this is a market that will be or should be disrupted. Also, it's not clear from the text that this is a disruptive innovation. To be disruptive, hard disk manufacturers would have to routinely assume that SSD drives will fail replace the hard disk. It has to be unexpected. The text doesn't say this. (If they are expecting it, then it is a "sustaining" innovation, not a "disruptive" innovation.) |
| Electric stove | Gas stove | Gas stoves for household use appeared in the 1880s. Electric stoves, independent of a gas source, came decades later. Though in many countries electric stoves became standard as a home substitute to the more expensive and bulky gas stoves, many professionals still prefer a steady, powerful gas flame.[citation needed] | It doesn't seem to me that the market for gas stoves was ever seriously disrupted by the electrics. (See comments below) |
| Web Search Engine | Directory based listing | with improvements in document indexing techniques the digital media has taken a flat structure and relies on search capabilities to find a document. Earlier in late 90s the norm was to classify each item in directories or categories. In 2003 Google Inc, developed a high speed reliable search engine that provided easy way to search documents in digital media. By 2010 nearly 90% of internet applications rely on search rather than indexing. It has changed the way documents/files were organized.[citation needed] | Not clear what market was disrupted, or that these technologies were directed at different markets in the first place. |
- ^ "Solid_state_drive#Advantages". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
- ^ "Pricewatch shopping comparison | Find and Buy all types of Hard / Removable Drives at the lowest prices". Pricewatch.com. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Intel release cheap ssd". The Inquirer. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
Tags on article
Hi folks, nice work on this article but it has some significant flaws and I've tagged it for these reasons:
- It gives undue weight to Christiansen and cites his writings far too often
- The lead is too detailed and meandering it needs to be cut in half and say only what the topic is, not what the topic is not
- There is a lot of text that is unsourced. It my need to be removed if it is not sourced within a reasonable about of time.
Thanks for all your good work! Best, -- — Keithbob • Talk • 13:41, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
- Christensen identified the phenomenon, coined the term and defined it. This this is an article about his ideas.
- I agree the lede is too long, however it does have to make clear "what it is not"; the term is so often misused, so getting the definition right is important. ---- CharlesGillingham (talk) 00:45, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Cut Electric cars out, the whole 'Disruptive technology' section seems outdated
In 2009 electric cars were maybe considered by some to be a disruptive technology/innovation. Fast forward to the end of 2015 and they are anything but. We are still waiting for the actual disruption: new battery technology, new business model, anything. The whole section reads antiquated, like a remnant of a time past when e-cars seemed to be a sure thing. I would do it myself but I don't even have an english wikipedia account... 217.254.59.197 (talk) 15:41, 10 October 2015 (UTC)