One such time was when HP decided to enter the RISC processor market. It was investing a lot of money, and the entire communication and networking architecture of its computers would have to be reconfigured. Customers were only willing to wait so long, however, and the team members were split between California and France. There was a time difference, and the management cultures were very different.
其中一次是，惠普決定進入精簡指令市場，投資了大錢，整個電腦通訊和網路管理的中央處理器架構都要重整，但客戶能等待的時間有限，而團隊成員又分布在法國和加州兩地，有時差、管理文化上的差距。