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Networks versus storage, distribution versus concentration

Posted on Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 9:05 AM by Andrew Chadwick

The orthodoxy is that networks are significant, but having just seen an ad for a 120GB 2.5" external hard drive for 80 pounds, it reminded me of the fascinating recent article by George Gilder in Wired. The steep decline in the costs of data storage over the last three years are arguably changing the game. The trick may not be in harnessing the power of peer-to-peer networks but of centralized storage.

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