From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3C8FE790.644EA554@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <87r8mr9amd.fsf@becket.becket.net>, <200203131413.PAA02821@boris.cd.chalmers.se> Subject: Re: [9fans] samuel Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:56:54 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 66ec9300-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Laura Creighton wrote: > Build a better mousetrap, and the bastards who already have > market share and have locked up the distribution channels > will continue to dominate the market. I don't think it's just that; after all, almost anything can be marketed via Internet nowadays. A large part of the problem seems to be in educating (informing) enough consumers to create a significant demand. Some have noted that back in the mainframe days, Burroughs had a nice implementation of virtual memory and other features, but it wasn't until IBM marketing started pushing the features that many customers started demanding them.