Remove 2000 Remove Differentiation Remove Distribution Remove EC2
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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. They then launched processing capabilities (EC2) and we startups suddenly didn’t need to buy production servers. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. might have been a lot less differentiated. The conventional wisdom at Fox’s headquarters is that MySpace had “made&# both YouTube & Photobucket by allowing them distribution.