Most technological innovation today is due to better available resources (CPU, RAM, bandwidth, etc.) rather than say, a better algorithm. The question then becomes: not can you make it, but can you sell it?/will people use it? That's a much different game.
"The question then becomes: not can you make it, but can you sell it?"
This is again, over simplification. (as a matter of fact the exact same oversimplification made by the author of the original article.)
The relative difficulty of "Making it" vs "selling it" depends on what "it" is.
Without a qualifier narrowing down the "it" (e.g another social networking site with no real capability difference from what exists today. In such a case, marketing is much more important than technology) what you say is wrong.
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Most technological innovation today is due to better available resources (CPU, RAM, bandwidth, etc.) rather than say, a better algorithm. The question then becomes: not can you make it, but can you sell it?/will people use it? That's a much different game.
"The question then becomes: not can you make it, but can you sell it?"
This is again, over simplification. (as a matter of fact the exact same oversimplification made by the author of the original article.)
The relative difficulty of "Making it" vs "selling it" depends on what "it" is.
Without a qualifier narrowing down the "it" (e.g another social networking site with no real capability difference from what exists today. In such a case, marketing is much more important than technology) what you say is wrong.