Dan Ritter wrote: > And along the same lines, Harold Feld: > > http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/google-fiber-and-the-next-stage-in-the-evolution-of-t-goog/
Great article. Here's the hook the author uses to kick it off: ...parasite...T. Gondii...in its immature phase, it can live in any mammal. But to reach the mature stage and reproduce, it must get into a cat. It does this by the expedient of reversing the usual aversion mice have to cats. A mouse infected by T. Gondii will find the oder of cat a powerful attraction and, on spotting a cat, will rush out to challenge the cat instead of hiding. As a result, the cat eats the mouse and the T. Gondii gets on with its reproductive business. He carries that analogy throughout the long piece, referring to the Google "parasite" as T. GOOG (while not using parasite in a derogatory way) and first explains how Google used this control technique to gain adequate control over the wireless phone market, and is now using a similar strategy for wired broadband. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
