The concept of network effects, and the lock-in they produce, are - TopicsExpress



          

The concept of network effects, and the lock-in they produce, are both by now fairly well known. Most people understand why Microsoft retains its stranglehold on the desktop and word processing formats, despite the availability of equivalent free alternatives like GNU/Linux and LibreOffice, just as Facebook dominates the social networking sphere. A fascinating new paper by Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University, uses the idea of network effects and related areas to explore some of the deeper implications of Snowdens revelations about the modern world of surveillance.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:21:32 +0000

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