Bloget writes one of the best articles I’ve come across that explains why Google is such a big threat to the Microsoft monopoly.
His description of disruptive technologies is exactly what I was attempting to describe at the end of my last post.
Disruptive technologies take advantage of a new manufacturing/business process or technology to provide a cheaper, more convenient, simpler solution that meets the needs of the low end of the market. Low-end users don’t need all the features in the Incumbent’s product, so they rapidly adopt the simpler solution.
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