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Off-topic: it is interesting to me how different companies seem to dominate a space for a few years, and then recede. It's a common pattern. I can remember in 2
by lkrubner 12y ago
Off-topic: it is interesting to me how different companies seem to dominate a space for a few years, and then recede. It's a common pattern. I can remember in 2009 when it seemed like RightScale www.rightscale.com was the dominant force creating tools to take advantage of AWS, but nowadays I never hear of them, never see anything interesting come from them. All the interesting stuff is happening elsewhere.
- kbenson 12y agoI think it's easy for dominant players to sit back and let revenue stream in when there's no much in the way of real competition, which can lead to devs leaving for greener pastures (where green is either more interesting or pays better because dev is de-prioritized at the current company). Then some real competition shows up and the company is woefully unprepared. I think it's an important lesson, just because your competition doesn't appear to be forcing you to innovate and expand, doesn't mean there isn't someone silently lurking ready to upend your world.