[ih] Memories of Flag Day?

[touch at strayalpha.com]

> On Aug 17, 2023, at 8:08 PM, Michael Thomas via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> Of course. Tim Berners-Lee showed me his own hyperlink technology
>> in 1980, and he didn't invent the idea.
>> 
> I guess what it shows is that the network effect -- yet again -- is the key ingredient.

Yes, but although the market tends to winnow down to one, it doesn’t always pick “the winner”.

May “last one standing” examples aren’t the best (VHS, AC electricity, as two examples). They’re simply the last one left after some set of what are sometime arbitrary selections.

Joe