Because they were 3rd to market and tied to the least influential company of the 3. They’re really good devices (very flexible and pretty inexpensive) but if you’re in the e-reader market your first thought is either going to be Amazon or Apple and by the time you get around to remembering B&N has an offering too you’ve probably already bought from one of the As.
The best product doesn’t always win. The best market position does.
RE: The best product doesn’t always win. The best market position does.
Well, unless BN turns things around, their product is going to die ( just like the DEC VMS and OpenVMS did even though it was one of the best engineered, reliable, easy to work with, Operating System and Computers I’ve had the pleasure of working with ).
And I guess this makes the author’s point as well.