Thanks to Mike Cane for the heads up on this editorial over at Om Malik entitled Why did Tapwave & Gizmondo fail? "I am a firm believer in the concept of open platforms, open standards, and commodity hardware, when mixed together can lead to interesting things. This concept of “insta-company” which I wrote about long before it became fashionable first played out in the data centers, and then in the enterprise, as we started to see the appliance-ing of software. Infoblox and Neoteris (acquired by NetScreen/Juniper) are good examples. In past 12 months, we have seen the same forces make their entry into the consumer market, with mixed results. iPod, arguably the most successful consumer device thus far in the new millennium is an apt illustration of powers of commoditization harnessed in a proper manner."
- Sammy (Manchester, UK)
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