Ask HN: Which companies gained a competitive edge purely via engineering?

7 comments

• aristofun 2 hours ago
  Whatsapp, really?
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  • Johanx64 1 hour ago
    Before FB acquisition:

    Yes, really, it ran on potato feature phones you've never even heard of. That can only happen if you really bend backwards to make it happen.

    Massive userbase with very tiny team.
• mrhottakes 2 days ago
  A long long time ago: Oracle
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  • yepyoukno 2 days ago
    Uh, wut?

    Try “Sun Microsystems”!

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    • mrhottakes 2 days ago
      That is another company that built an advantage with engineering, true.
• farseer 1 day ago
  Google search was way better than yahoo or altavista
• dennisjoseph 23 hours ago
  Garmin
• AnimalMuppet 1 day ago
  SGI.

  Hewlett Packard.

  DEC.
• bitbasher 1 day ago
  Bell Labs