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by steve 6944 days ago
You're worrying too much about respect a company gets. It's not about that.

If a company makes a billion dollars selling retarded pink web2.0 bunnies while you built high power laser communication systems and made one tenth that -- as a company, they have won.
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keiretsu 6944 days ago
Who is talking about respect here? I'm talking about biz models!

Most web 2.0 co. are based on advertising revenue.

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steve 6944 days ago
There are ad based companies that make far more income than non-ad based.

I've come to the conclusion that advertisers and many websites can get far more money out of people than either can individually. I don't like it either, but that's how it seems to be working.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. It would be nice to see some actual numbers.

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