[Sigia-l] IA Practice Maturation

[Ziya Oz]

"Fiorito, David" wrote:
> In every technological revolution there are casualties but in the end the
> revolutionary leaders come out on top when the dust clears.

That, of course, is another myth, akin to its twin brother 'The First Mover
Advantage' of the dotcom era. Where are the 'revolutionary leaders' of, say,
push, like PointCast?  Webcasters, like Pseudo? WAP? 'Free' Internet
providers? Online grocers? Just how many interactive TV pioneers have we had
in how many waves of 'this is the year of the iTV' nonsense? Etc.

> They are now positioned to push forward while those who sat on the road side
> during the bubbles rise have a whole lot of catching up to do.

What exactly are they catching up to? Losing billions?

> The same thing happened during the PC boom - ever hear from Commodore, AST, or
> Packard Bell anymore?

Ever heard of Apple, IBM, Compaq, etc?

Anyhow, my point was not about leaders/survivors but, essentially, about
buzzword compliance/results. We already know that confusing the two leads to
disastrous results.

Best,

Ziya