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BVLarson · 06-10-2010, 11:44 PM

Wow Barcey, that was an insightful reply. I couldn't agree more.

I would add that the big pubs will probably not figure it out. Historically, people who have money try to keep it, while people who don't try to figure out how to take it from those who do. This is a situation where defense can't win, so the big guy dies. I mean, look at Kmart and Walmart. Or Yahoo and Google. The new guy ate the big older guy, and it was totally obvious, but the older organization could not make even simple "copy the competition" type changes to save itself.
-bvl

06-10-2010, 11:44 PM	#4
BVLarson Author Posts: 123 Karma: 900 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Device: Kindle	Wow Barcey, that was an insightful reply. I couldn't agree more. I would add that the big pubs will probably not figure it out. Historically, people who have money try to keep it, while people who don't try to figure out how to take it from those who do. This is a situation where defense can't win, so the big guy dies. I mean, look at Kmart and Walmart. Or Yahoo and Google. The new guy ate the big older guy, and it was totally obvious, but the older organization could not make even simple "copy the competition" type changes to save itself. -bvl Last edited by BVLarson; 06-10-2010 at 11:49 PM.