Jeff Miller wrote:
> Kevin Kelly makes a very silar point in "New Rules for the New
> Economy" in which he says feed the network at the expense of the
> company -- meaning that by creating and supporting other companies
> that in the same line of business you help widen the available make
> for all.
The question is, basically, do you want 100% of a million dollar market
or
50% of a billion dollar market? (The number one player usually captures
50% of the total market. So if you're any good, you probably want to bet
on a bigger market.)
More importantly, do you want there to *be* a market? Augment
disappeared.
Why? Nobody else to talk to -- like a town with one phone. Sony's
Mini-disc was a nice standard, but lack of competition has kept prices
up and availability down. It's sure to die when some other standard is
accepted. VHS survived after Beta-Max died off. But it could have been
trounced if a different standard had emerged.
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