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by 13ren 6535 days ago
I think Scoble has 20/20 hindsight disease:

... the small, seemingly unimportant platform today that gets early adopters excited will become the large, dominant platform of tomorrow ... How long did it take Visicalc to happen on the Apple II? Or Aldus Pagemaker to happen on the Mac?

Most of promising technologies doesn't become dominant. For one thing, there are many small, seemingly unimportant platforms, but only one can dominate.

But I like his 5 reasons for targeting a nascent platform. Even if its market stays small, for a DHHian business, that may be right-size. Assuming it endures...