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Re:What to do when an $8 million gorilla launches 3 weeks be... by davidw on Tuesday September 29, 2009 @08:48AM (#850247)
> ... if the market is big enough and the competitors are good enough, there's plenty of room.

... and if there are no big huge network externalities creating a winner-takes-all market.

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Re:What to do when an $8 million gorilla launches 3 weeks be... by Retric on Tuesday September 29, 2009 @11:17AM (#850537)
are no big huge network externalities creating a winner-takes-all market.

Facebook did not kill off other social networking sites and it's got far more externalities than most websites. Once the market is large enough you only need own a tiny slice to make a small profitable company.

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