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Like if Microsoft was the first OS. Like if Google was the first Search Engine. Like if Facebook was the first Social Network. ...
by xsace 12y ago
Like if Microsoft was the first OS.
Like if Google was the first Search Engine.
Like if Facebook was the first Social Network.
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- ironchef 12y agoExactly...and then those are interesting in _how_ they became the dominant player. Did they offer something the predecessor didn't, etc. Why MS succeeded can be argued around various points re: digital (re: CP/M), the boom of compatibility issues with the 808x machines (back in the DOS days and the proliferation of white box machines (aka IBM compatibles)), and the failure of OS/2 (I'm sure it's more complex than this, but.... Google succeeded as it was (imo) largely faster and more complete than the akebono preliminary as well as the adoption/evolution of the goto.com advertising paradigm. As to how facebook beat out myspace? I haven't heard convincing arguments that are definitive; however, they appear to have placed more of a focus on social aspects than myspace did (and they were less "geocities-like").