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It also means, given viruses etc. in a monoculture,
that the best protected are the users of "loser" systems.
The network effect cuts both ways. Weird but so.
len
From: Wendell Piez [mailto:wapiez@mulberrytech.com]
Interested readers might want to take a look at Michael Sperberg-McQueen's
keynote at Extreme 2002:
http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Proceedings/html/2002/CMSMcQ02/EML2002CM
SMcQ02.html
"if network effects are the best predictor, then we must infer that the
people who actually are responsible for making a good decision are the
early adopters. In IT, that means you. You have a responsibility to judge
what matters not by network effects but by technical merit."
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