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Think about the evolution of various web technologies: Chat & Direct Messaging: Unix Talk, IRC, SMS, Jabber, XMPP, Snap, slack, etc. Message boards: Usenet, g
by beambot 10y ago
Think about the evolution of various web technologies:
Chat & Direct Messaging: Unix Talk, IRC, SMS, Jabber, XMPP, Snap, slack, etc.
Message boards: Usenet, gopher, BBS, Wiki, Blogs, Myspace, Facebook, etc.
You can literally look at almost any web technology, and it seems to be constantly reinvented, improved, and updated. It seems likely that the tools of today will necessarily evolve, at the hand of new upstarts.
- tedmiston 10y agoEach is also getting more and more centralized and privatized.
- intrasight 10y agoExactly. The software business is about commoditizing your competitors stack. The internet business is about eliminating commodity stacks.