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Nathan Myhrvold's long answer was more interesting. He was talking about the future of the Internet and what would make money. Now 25 years later, watch what's
by habibur 4y ago
Nathan Myhrvold's long answer was more interesting. He was talking about the future of the Internet and what would make money.
Now 25 years later, watch what's actually made the most money, and did his reply cover those. I can think of hosted services and search.
Even Microsoft had one of the very first maps online in the 90s [ terraserver ] but they failed to realize how large this business eventually will turn into.
- giantrobot 4y agoI loved playing with Terraserver back in the day. However it was built to be a demo rather than a product. Their GIS products were Streets & Trips and then MapPoint which then rolled into an online version that went through various MSN/Live/Bing rebrands. I don't think that Microsoft failed to realize how large a business mapping would become. I think the problem was mostly these products existed in the Ballmer era where Microsoft expanded into seemingly every niche without clear goals besides using up all the oxygen in the room.