(Andreas wrote:)
>You miss the point of the paragraph: there are ONLY 2,500 categories of
>businesses on the web. That's all. That's the diversity. 13 million distills
>into only 2,500 categories. If we end up with say, six companies in each
>category, that's 15-20,000 global companies. The other 13 million will
>disappear.
Andreas, I got the point. And we can agree to disagree :>) I think that
over time the Web will foster increasing diversity due to the low cost of
entry and other factors.
>>This relates more to the cultural diversity of the USA and the size of the
>>consumer market here than anything else, I suspect. The larger USA consumer
>>base can support more diversity.
>
>Europe has 600 million inhabitants. It's not size, it's tradition.
No it's size. The USA is the largest _homogenous_ consumer market in the
world. The European consumer market doesn't exist as such: it's fragmented
into multiple smaller markets.
>The nature of the web forces standardization and rationalization of the
>market. That will not lead to diversity.
Again, we can agree to disagree. Time will tell. Let's talk again in
another 5 or 10 years, when 500 million people are online.
And as Javilk says, people are inherently diverse. Something to do with
each of us having unque DNA and a unique upbringing ;-)
Barry <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web Design & Development - Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com>
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