If your industry thought leader is telling you blockchain + decentralization doesn't matter... get a new industry thought leader. And tell them to read this article:https://medium.com/@jbackus/fat-protocols-arent-new-42d2c538db41 …
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missingno. Retweeted John Backus
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Yeah. 10/10. 2011: Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion 2003: Kazaa founders sell + use same ideas to build Skype 2003: Kazaa is the most downloaded piece of software ever 2001: Kazaa launched 2000: FastTrack protocol founded
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@backus ^ Also a cool timeline I partially put together based on your work! Wild timeline.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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Excellent!
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Judging new technology by its current usage is sketchy: the illegal stuff comes first.
“the fact remains that Skype emerged directly from the loins of Kazaa"