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

For example: WhatsApp or Crash Bandicoot (1996)?

5 points | by j1000 1 day ago

6 comments

  • mrhottakes 1 day ago
    A long long time ago: Oracle
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    • yepyoukno 1 day ago
      Uh, wut?

      Try “Sun Microsystems”!

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      • mrhottakes 1 day ago
        That is another company that built an advantage with engineering, true.
  • farseer 14 hours ago
    Google search was way better than yahoo or altavista
  • dennisjoseph 9 hours ago
    Garmin
  • AnimalMuppet 23 hours ago
    SGI.

    Hewlett Packard.

    DEC.

  • bitbasher 1 day ago
    Bell Labs