Interesting article in the London Review of Books by Thomas Jones. I always thought eBay’s competitive advantage (aside from the obvious network effects) lay in its payment system (i.e., PayPal). But proprietary platforms will over time be out-competed by open and modular ones – about time selling something vent from platform to protocol.
(Finally) the end of Finn.no?
…and it seems Mr Aamodt does not agree
http://www.na24.no/propaganda/media/article1978572.ece