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by oautholaf 3982 days ago
Which was more prescient, this or "Content is Not King"? http://firstmonday.org/article/view/833/742

In many ways, it seems like Microsoft's late-90's obsession with content didn't really pan out. Sure, MSNBC is still around but sidewalk.com long since evaporated. It doesn't seem like MSFT really became a profitable media company.

But look at how many multi-billion dollar "unicorns" are messaging companies.

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> But look at how many multi-billion dollar "unicorns" are messaging companies.

Talking about current valuations of relatively young companies is odd when comparing to Microsoft's history. The scale of things means that what works for one doesn't necessarily work for the other.