The web will change paradigm, in the same way tech platforms always have. E.g. Mainframes > Minicomputers > Desktops > Mobile. Companies dominant in one paradig

The web will change paradigm, in the same way tech platforms always have. E.g. Mainframes > Minicomputers > Desktops > Mobile. Companies dominant in one paradigm are rarely able to remain relevant on the next. IBM while still huge, has little relevance to desktop or mobile computing. As has been pointed out, DEC and other huge mainframe and minicomputer companies are dead. Microsoft and Intel, while also still huge, are not doing well in mobile. Unless Google are very careful, lucky or both, they will be unwilling or unable to make the painful change necessary to remain dominant in whatever the web and mobile becomes next.