A good time was had by all. Clayton's delivery was as smooth as his writing and more compelling. His mastery and personal enjoyment of the subject matter impeccable . His breadth of knowledge, immense, but focused on the matter at hand.
Successful companies can fall from prominence for any of a number of reasons.
Some fall so far as to become names on the list of historical references. You listen to your customers. Provide the features, enhancements, services and extras they want. You have mastered the sustaining technology for the industry in which you play. And then, in most cases, the innovator becomes a victim of the same inevitable progression of events as it fails to cover the markets that the next new technology opens.