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General-Purpose Systems in the Age of the Long Tail

February 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Imagine a tool that does lots of things, and another that does one thing really well. And imagine both of them are free. Long Tail theory suggests the specialised tool wins, right? No, maybe not. If the general-purpose thing does an okay job, many will prefer it instead. Why? Because there’s a premium […]

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