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by vkou 2168 days ago
Too big to fail works when there's a network effect that locks your customers into you.

VISA is an example of that. Reputation-based businesses (Think auditing firms) are another. Facebook is a third.

On the other hand, a vendor like Nortell did not have network lockin on their customers. They could, and did end up switching vendors.

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"Switching", get it?
Why this has been downvoted ?