Innovation killers

I recently read an article that resonated with me titled "Killing Innovation with Corner Cases and Consensus". Key point:

A corner case is an objection that may be:

1. technically reasonable
2. may have a probability of occurring
3. its probability of occurring is lower than your probability of running out of money

Read the whole thing.

James Governor read it and posted "Corner Cases Can Kill Innovation 2: The Big Dogs Are Too Big" which makes an entirely different point:

...the needs of a tiny minority of customers dictate overall product generation, skewing the overall direction of innovation.

The Innovator's Dilemma comes to mind.