> gg wrote: >> They don't decide whether it would be better >> to have a layover in Minneapolis or Houston. Etc, etc. > > Travel agents do.
So I just thought of a good test on whether a service is becoming perceived as a commodity or not: Is it being offshored? In other words, if people are shopping offshore for a service it's probably perceived as commodity (although we're still in the subjective realm of course). I would offer: (1.) Telemedicine powered by Cisco: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns859/podcast_032609_94453_Kaveh_telemedicine.html (2.) "Medical Tourism" http://medicaltourism.com/ (3.) Commodity-based primary care here in the US http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/11/doc_in_a_box.php http://minuteclinic.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
