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    1. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 11 May 2019

      Tech monopolies tend not to fall like Rome. They fall like Venice. They’re still there, and no-one actually invades them, but the trade routes moved, the things that gave them power and wealth stop mattering, and they become just another city, and then a backwater.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 May 2019
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      Microsoft is currently the world's *largest* company by market capitalization, and that is not at all independent of its never really dismantled dominance over Windows/Office. There are indeed more places to monopolize but that's not same as routes moving—a zero-sum transaction.pic.twitter.com/drjjODFFlK

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        2. Mike Garner‏ @mikegkc 11 May 2019
          Replying to @zeynep @benedictevans

          On a far less important note, I think my next company will start with the letter 'A'. Odds of market dominance seem to greatly improve. Thought that was only when the phonebook = search. hmmm

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        3. Angelina Zarkova‏ @angelina 12 May 2019
          Replying to @mikegkc @zeynep @benedictevans

          A: the scarlet letter. There is a reason why Microsoft is number 1. I grew up with Microsoft Encarta and their dictionary. I even discovered The Scarlet Letter there. Memories. Little did I know, the day would come when everyone is afraid of Macedonian teenagers.

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        1. Mouad Hadji‏ @itismouad 11 May 2019
          Replying to @zeynep @benedictevans

          that’s a v good point. IBM and Microsoft are v different. I’m always v impressed by S. Nadella‘s work.

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        2. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 11 May 2019
          Replying to @zeynep

          Look at IBM's share price in the years after 1995. A good business doing well for shareholders is not AT ALL the same as market dominance. Control of the PC has been irrelevant for a decade. Arguably two decades.

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        3. Farooq Butt‏ @fmbutt 11 May 2019
          Replying to @benedictevans @zeynep

          These companies go from having a scary chokehold on food supplies to yet another large food supplier. Controllers to commodity producers. They're still big but ultimately inconsequential.

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        1. monday‏ @12d855 11 May 2019
          Replying to @zeynep @benedictevans

          IBM is an obvious example, but I'm pretty sure Oracle is about to go down this route.

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