more on re: Here Come the Giants

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: October 13, 2005 1:34:30 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: Here Come the Giants
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com


[Note:  This comment comes from reader Dan Sweeney.  Dan makes a good  
point here.  The tech industry really does suffer from selective  
amnesia!  DLH]


> From: DSwee34359 () aol com
> Date: October 13, 2005 10:15:17 AM PDT
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] Here Come the Giants
>
>
> People seem to forget that we've already had an online video boom.   
> There were literally scores of companies involved in the space back  
> in 1999-2000 time frame, some producing content, some producing  
> content management tools, some offering caching services, and some  
> doing multicasts.  I can't even remember most of their names, and  
> of course they're all gone now, taking with them however many  
> hundreds of millions of venture capital they managed to secure.   
> The one thing in common that current breed has with its  
> predecessors is that it's mostly the same top down thing.  There's  
> little or no grassroots online video.  It's just a bunch of  
> companies on the make hoping to find a bonanza.
>
> Dan Sweeney


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