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from the article, pg: "Whereas the activation energy required to switch to a new search engine is low. Which in turn is why search engines are so much better t
by novaleaf 14y ago
from the article, pg: "Whereas the activation energy required to switch to a new search engine is low. Which in turn is why search engines are so much better than enterprise software."
is that last sentence a joke? if yes, i think it is too subtle, a lot of dry sponges would soak it up.
if it's NOT a joke... ummmm... wtf?
- aaronbrethorst 14y agoThe cost of switching from Google Search to Bing Search (or whatever) is typing in a different address in the address bar[1]. The cost of replacing your multi-million dollar CRM solution is, obviously, millions of dollars. [1] ok, not really, but you get the idea.
- novaleaf 14y agoyes i agree with your statement and actually pg's entire article, it's just the " Which in turn is why search engines are so much better than enterprise software." which is throwing me in a loop. maybe i'm taking it out of context, but anyway, seems i'm the only one, so nevermind ;)
- lubujackson 14y agoI think the point is that competition is much more fierce for search engines because they have no lock-in. Enterprise software can get by with all sorts of warts because people simply can't get rid of it even if they want to.