• Companies that will be around in 1000 years.
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[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;46791859]Nintendo hands down. They already have a century going for them[/QUOTE] Any of the 36 people care to elaborate on why they disagree? Just wondering.
there already are a few companies that have been operating for more than a thousand years. interestingly the oldest are hotels and restaurants iirc.
Carlsberg.
[QUOTE=Rossy167;46821269]Any of the 36 people care to elaborate on why they disagree? Just wondering.[/QUOTE] I don't think anyone here understands the concepts they're talking about, as evidenced by these disagrees. Tech companies are an emerging thing, and are also the most short-lived kind of company I can think of. Nintendo has been making toys for 100+ years, and still does. Lego will probably be around for at least another 500 years for the same reason. Seeing suggestions like Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Intel, or AMD is just plain stupid. These companies haven't existed for much time at all, Apple having gone nearly bankrupt once(or twice?), and key products from these companies are reaching their limit for potential; There aren't many features we can add to windows, CPUs haven't gotten faster in years(although have made other improvements), and GPUs are getting better but that will stop at some point. Another point against Microsoft: there is no way that open-source systems won't be dominant in 200 years. Once your computer can do everything imaginable, you may as well go with the one that is 200 bucks cheaper. And sure, hardware manufacturers still need to provide a supply, but they do face a threat 50 years from now from 3D printing. Even if that technology can't print processors, manufacturers will dwindle as people recycle old parts that are still just as efficient as newer ones. The real companies that will stick around are McDonalds due to the number of locations in every country, and then there are smaller shops with a cultural value that would stay in their respective cities too. As well as all government-funded companies like Mints and whatnot. I also don't think many companies will be around in 1000 years.... By then, I would be surprised if we didn't have computers and robots serving every one of us, performing all of our necessary or desired tasks. We'd have no need for money or capitalism once that happens, and thus, no need for companies.
[QUOTE=freaka;46822050]Carlsberg.[/QUOTE] I like there Beer.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies[/url] This might be an interesting list for everyone to read. Hell, I could bet that probably many of these companies (that nobody knows) will probably continue to exist for several thousand years. Some of them have already existed for at least millenium. Edit: Notice that a lot of them are Japanese companies...
[QUOTE=Mooe94;46794277]1000 years is so many years it is ridiculous. a more realistic question would be 10 to 20 years and easier to answer[/QUOTE] did your hair get blown back when the joke completely went over your head?
Weihenstephan
Warner Bros. Studio
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;46791874]IBM[/QUOTE] For reasons I won't dive too far into, I kind of doubt this. I used to work there, they certainly do sell some good stuff, but a lot of their products are trash, and their business model is broken. They just generally aren't innovative, and they're very bureaucratic and slow, which is the opposite of a lot of newer startups. Maybe some of the cloud and big data stuff will pay off for them, but at the current rate the IBM our grandparents knew isn't the IBM our grandkids will know. Not to mention they keep offshoring jobs...
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;46827416]For reasons I won't dive too far into, I kind of doubt this. I used to work there, they certainly do sell some good stuff, but a lot of their products are trash, and their business model is broken. They just generally aren't innovative, and they're very bureaucratic and slow, which is the opposite of a lot of newer startups. Maybe some of the cloud and big data stuff will pay off for them, but at the current rate the IBM our grandparents knew isn't the IBM our grandkids will know. Not to mention they keep offshoring jobs...[/QUOTE] Yeah, IBM definitely isn't what it used to be. They were like a huge name in electronics back in the day, now they're more behind-the-scenes and they just do innovative stuff that isn't all that impressive anymore.
[QUOTE=willtheoct;46822890]I don't think anyone here understands the concepts they're talking about, as evidenced by these disagrees. Tech companies are an emerging thing, and are also the most short-lived kind of company I can think of. Nintendo has been making toys for 100+ years, and still does. Lego will probably be around for at least another 500 years for the same reason. Seeing suggestions like Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Intel, or AMD is just plain stupid. These companies haven't existed for much time at all, Apple having gone nearly bankrupt once(or twice?), and key products from these companies are reaching their limit for potential; There aren't many features we can add to windows, CPUs haven't gotten faster in years(although have made other improvements), and GPUs are getting better but that will stop at some point. Another point against Microsoft: there is no way that open-source systems won't be dominant in 200 years. Once your computer can do everything imaginable, you may as well go with the one that is 200 bucks cheaper. And sure, hardware manufacturers still need to provide a supply, but they do face a threat 50 years from now from 3D printing. Even if that technology can't print processors, manufacturers will dwindle as people recycle old parts that are still just as efficient as newer ones. The real companies that will stick around are McDonalds due to the number of locations in every country, and then there are smaller shops with a cultural value that would stay in their respective cities too. As well as all government-funded companies like Mints and whatnot. I also don't think many companies will be around in 1000 years.... By then, I would be surprised if we didn't have computers and robots serving every one of us, performing all of our necessary or desired tasks. We'd have no need for money or capitalism once that happens, and thus, no need for companies.[/QUOTE] Yeah but no one giving a genuine answer here means the company will be around for 1000+ years, just that they'll be around before many years to come. Just wondering why people don't think Nintendo will last a long time. 1000 years is a long time, although I doubt most people saying 'X will last 1000 years' mean it will actually last 1000 years, they just mean X will last for a long time. Also even with computers and robots serving us we'd still need to produce for the robots to serve us and also who is going to make the entertainment and media? Entertainment is here to stay seeing as it'st he only thing that can't be automated.
Space X and Virgin
[QUOTE=Rossy167;46835272]Also even with computers and robots serving us we'd still need to produce for the robots to serve us[/QUOTE] Sounds like a job for a robot. Here's how it happens: some Robot manufacturer will outsource manufacturing and mining/whatever to its own robots, and be able to sell robo-butlers at 10 cents each because there are no operating costs. The 10 cents that company makes then wouldnt be very valuable for much longer because there are already no personal costs because robots just do free labor everywhere. It will be wonderful. [QUOTE] and also who is going to make the entertainment and media? Entertainment is here to stay seeing as it'st he only thing that can't be automated.[/QUOTE] Yes, entertainment will stick around, but it won't be commercialized. It will just be people with a creative passion working on whatever they want, and IMO that will greatly improve the quality of content too. We'll see more games made by people who like to make games, and not people who "kind of like it but not enough but its my job so i do it", and we certainly won't see anything tailored by any business model. That being said, there is nothing special about a human brain or its programming that can't be put into a computer; The current constraint is just technical limitations, and a lack of understanding about the brain. Maybe 1000 years is too soon, but at some point, computers will be able to invent things and provide fresh, innovative content that will never get old.
Coke
[QUOTE=St. Burke;46795103]Hundreds of 'companies' and institutions have lasted well over 500 years already[/QUOTE] Ye but there was less pressure 500 years ago to stay competitive and afloat, at the very least. Things are changing so quickly and there are more companies to compete with now.
Facebook. Maybe not necessarily facebook the site but facebook the company, in some way.
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;46796673]Apple's definitely on its way out. [/QUOTE] I'll quote this to laugh at in a couple of years :v:
Nintendo will be doomed for all eternity, so Nintendo
The Pirate Bay.
[QUOTE=Zzztops;46799780]Taco Bell, the only chain restaurant to survive the Franchise Wars. [img]http://media.tumblr.com/3b423270a8f9ec9274c95246184378a8/tumblr_inline_n46k16ySYj1qgp297.png[/img][/QUOTE] Or Pizza Hut.
Planet Express Ohhh... you mean companies that will [U]still[/U] be around in 1000 years?
[QUOTE=proch;46847678]I'll quote this to laugh at in a couple of years :v:[/QUOTE] In a couple of years, maybe. But give them twenty or thirty years and, unless they get some real innovative people and ideas, they're probably gonna fade into relative obscurity. I'd love to be wrong about this, but if history tells us anything, that's the typical path these companies take.
Sony.
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