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I wonder if Facebook will be the new Netscape and this will be the new Internet Explorer 4.
by stellar678 16y ago
I wonder if Facebook will be the new Netscape and this will be the new Internet Explorer 4.
- JacobAldridge 16y agoI wouldn't put money on it, but if this is IE4 then I think an analogous Facebook will probably be IE7 or IE8... or Chrome.
- stellar678 16y agoMy read is like this: Facebook / Netscape - Hotshot early player that does most of the early innovation, has near complete market penetration and doesn't quite hold on. Google Me / IE4 - After a few feeble attempts, the product that successfully takes over through a combination of (a) being forced upon a gargantuan installed base and (b) being a pretty decent product, as a result of the prior iterations.
- woogley 16y agoI would peg the "Hotshot early player" label to MySpace / Netscape
- notahacker 16y agoYup. Google Me is more like Google Chrome; however much better it might end up being it has a lot of work to win mindshare.
- houseabsolute 16y agoIt's an interesting thing to wonder, but I don't think Google has the juice to do this right. Recent evidence at least would suggest that it's more likely to fail than succeed.