- From: Matt Jensen <mattj@newsblip.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 10:53:37 -0500 (EST)
- To: Gordon Joly <gordo@dircon.co.uk>
- cc: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>, Craig Pugsley <craig.pugsley@mimesweeper.com>, "'www-rdf-interest@w3.org'" <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>, "'semantic-web@w3.org'" <semantic-web@w3.org>
There is no network effect in PNG adoption, but there would be in Semantic Web adoption. If ABCNews.com were to support a semantic standard, I now have more of an incentive to support the standard on my own site; I'll be able to make inferences with ABCNews.com's content. -Matt Jensen NewsBlip Seattle On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Gordon Joly wrote: > >... Then a form of Metcalfe's law [2] > >applies, where other web sites have more and more reasons to join. > > Yes, to convince them. But like HTML (the well know computer virus), > inertia rules. > > Did PNG take off like a rocket? Answer - no. And that was a very > simple in comparison.
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