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Dude, Akanda Is Tying The Cloud Together Like A Rug

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In the mid 1960’s, large mainframe manufacturers, such as IBM, Burroughs and Honeywell, provided complete IT solutions. IBM might not have offered the best printers, but buyers had no choice because early mainframe vendors provided a closed set of proprietary technologies. The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g.,

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. Not IBM, HP, Accenture, Cisco, Salesforce.com or anybody else. They knew the venture math that if only 50 companies / year are sold North of $100 million the entry price for their investments mattered. Not Google.