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The Rambus Verdict: What IP Litigation Reveals About Tech Value
The Federal Trade Commission's decision against Rambus this month—finding the company engaged in anti-competitive conduct by concealing patents during JEDEC standards development—r
Read More →The Friendster Moment: Social Infrastructure as Asset Class
Friendster's August launch to 300,000 users in three months represents more than another social experiment. It validates a thesis we've been developing since the crash: identity-ba
Read More →WorldCom's Collapse and the Bandwidth Glut: Rethinking Infrastructure Value
WorldCom's $107 billion bankruptcy filing this month represents more than accounting fraud — it crystallizes the fundamental overcapacity problem plaguing telecommunications infras
Read More →The eBay-PayPal Deal: Payments Infrastructure as Platform Moat
eBay's July 8th announcement to acquire PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock represents more than consolidation in a depressed market. It's the first major signal that payments infrast
Read More →eBay's $1.5B PayPal Acquisition: The Platform Economics Turning Point
eBay's acquisition of PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock represents more than a defensive consolidation move. It demonstrates that the next phase of internet economics will be won by
Read More →The Spam Crisis and the Architecture of Trust in Internet Commerce
Email spam now accounts for over 40% of all messages, according to Brightmail's latest data — a fivefold increase in eighteen months. This isn't a nuisance problem. It's an existen
Read More →The Spam Crisis and the Economics of Attention on the Internet
As spam volumes surpass legitimate email traffic this month, the crisis illuminates core economic principles governing digital platforms: the tragedy of the commons in open protoco
Read More →The Social Graph Hypothesis: Why LinkedIn Matters More Than You Think
LinkedIn's quiet launch this month represents something more significant than another networking site. In a market that has violently rejected consumer internet plays, Reid Hoffman
Read More →The AOL Time Warner Implosion: What $99 Billion in Value Destruction Teaches Us
AOL Time Warner's announcement this month that it will record a staggering $54 billion goodwill charge — the largest write-down in corporate history — marks the definitive collapse
Read More →Microsoft's Xbox Launch: The Platform Economics of Hardware
Microsoft's November 15th Xbox launch represents more than an entry into the $20 billion console gaming market. It marks the first time the company has bet its balance sheet on a h
Read More →Xbox Launch and the Console Wars: Microsoft's Billion-Dollar Gambit
Microsoft shipped its first Xbox console on November 15th, entering a market dominated by Sony and Nintendo with a product that reportedly loses $125 per unit sold. For institution
Read More →The iPod Launch and the Economics of Digital Distribution
Apple's October 23rd introduction of the iPod represents far more than another consumer electronics play. For institutional investors parsing the wreckage of the internet bubble, t
Read More →The PayPal Acquisition: eBay's $1.5B Bet on Payments Infrastructure
eBay's acquisition of PayPal for $1.5 billion in July marks a watershed moment in digital commerce infrastructure. While observers focus on integration challenges, the deal reveals
Read More →HP-Compaq: The Consolidation Imperative in Enterprise Computing
Hewlett-Packard's announcement of its intent to acquire Compaq for $25 billion in stock represents far more than industry consolidation. It marks the formal acknowledgment that the
Read More →Microsoft's Xbox Launch: Hardware, Platforms, and Control
Microsoft's formal unveiling of the Xbox console this month represents far more than a diversification play by a software giant. It signals a fundamental reordering of how platform
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