Maria’s first move was to reject the illusion of compromise. Half-measures—such as producing adapters or maintaining parallel lines—would dilute the 18% efficiency gain and confuse clients. “An exclusive decision,” she wrote in her confidential memo to the board, “is not a rejection of alternatives but a confession of limited resources. Time, capital, and trust cannot be split.” She framed the Juny120 fit as a “generational hinge”: the kind of technical fork that appears once a decade, where waiting for more data is itself a decision to fall behind.