4DS - Anything but Charting, page-24135

A regular theme from Hash's saucie boys is the companies that have the means to spend the big bucks almost want the viability of any new tech spelled out in black and white, 32 point all caps.

They are so risk adverse in acquisitions and paths for new tech that it has to be handed to them on a silver platter. The Apples, Intels, WDs and Microns of this world are not the dynamic companies they were back in the 70s and 80s, when they started out as a few geniuses in a garage soldering together their own boards. And no wonder- look at how they burn cash trying to get something new to market - 3D Xpoint/Optane probably being the perfect example of a sub optimal product development and commercialisation story.

The ultimate silver platter is - a product on market with an enthusiastic customer base that supports it and metrics not only for technical performance of the product, but financial performance as well.