Web 1.0: Lots of websites which offer personalised portals with domain names like “my.foo-inc.com”.
Web 2.0: Shouldn’t we see lots more sites with domains like “our.corporate-inc.com”? Their absence speaks volumes.
Exercise for the reader: is it possible to transition an institution from control to co-creation of value, or can you only build such edifices on greenfield sites? Or to be more blunt and specific, does the journey from Telco 1.0 to Telco 2.0 on average require the capital and goodwill to be split apart and re-cycled via the bankruptcy courts or distressed asset sales?
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How flexible and how modular is your software? I really don't know about cellco software -- should they all convert to Asterisk/Digium?
(As the old joke says, asked why he always responded with a question, he replied, "what's wrong with a question?")
Posted by: at October 10, 2006 04:14 PM"is it possible to transition an institution from control to co-creation of value, or can you only build such edifices on greenfield sites?"
I suppose its possible, but I'd have to rate it very unlikely.
They either have the IBM near-death experience, or they won't change.
Regrettably their years of monopoly, and continuing dominance makes them less confident than the Phoenix.