>> centralization won and will continue to win and so we need to use the big lever It may have won the current battle, but who really knows if centralization w

>> centralization won and will continue to win and so we need to use the big lever It may have won the current battle, but who really knows if centralization will be the norm in say 10, 20 or 50 years. There have been lots of instances where a technology or company seemed to have won only to loose to an upstart that they never saw coming. And when they loose they tend to loose big. Getting completely obliterated within a few short years. Nokia and BlackBerry phones are relevant examples.