12-03-2005, 01:45 PM
Quote:The technology industry has been experiencing a round of inspired innovation...
There are signs, however, that the rampant innovation is turning in part into rampant imitation...
The most obvious evidence of a kind of plateau is the biggies focusing their energy on competing in the super lucrative areas, such as classifieds. eBay and others pioneer online auctions, Craig's List (partially owned by eBay) turns classifieds upside down and now the new 800-pound Gorilla Google and the older Microsoft Gorilla have turned their attention to those kinds of services...
full article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2209