Re: The upcoming state of IT

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <[email protected]> Sat, 01 Mar 2003 17:10:15 +0900

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>>>>> "rn" == Russell Nelson <[email protected]> writes:

    rn> It's odd, though, in that it paints Microsoft with two
    rn> brushes: either Microsoft is going down the tubes, or else
    rn> Microsoft is going to take over the world.

Not really odd.  This is the most important characteristic of markets
with strong network externalities, after all.

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