On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Michael Poulin <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not recall where I said something like "Web hasn't impacted business > models"; I said " Web is not a business model", which is a big difference. > In my experience, Nick, only those companies survived .com boom who had > strong business model already or were able to construct it behind the Web. I > respect your enthusiasm about Web (it is similar to mine about service > orientation) but I cannot agree that Web made new business model however it > certainly influenced it.
But I never said "Web is a business model" either. It was in YOUR post that you said: "Web is not a business model (proofed by Amazon and eBay) but interaction means, IMO." Here's what I said in my previous posts: - "Web" is NOT just technology -- as I indicated in my post. The Web represents innovations in technology, community, AND business models." - "The Web has only begun to teach us about new business models" And to clarify what I mean by "the Web", I mean the - business models - organizational styles - social, community, and cultural styles, and - design practices - architectural styles, AND - technologies that are significantly more associated with web-centric individuals and organizations than with non-web-centric ones. It's roughly the same as a phrases like "print media business model<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US298&q=%22print+media+business+models%22+OR+%22business+models+of+print+media%22+OR+%22print+media+business+model%22+OR+%22business+model+of+print+media%22+OR+%22business+model+for+print+media%22+OR+%22business+models+for+print+media%22&btnG=Search> " (189 google hits). "Print media" is not a business model itself -- its a family of technologies. But the expression "print media business model" roughly means "the business models significantly more associated with print-media-centric business." And more generally, "print media" can often refer not just to the family of technologies, but to the - business models - organizational styles - social, community, and cultural styles, and - design practices - architectural styles, AND - technologies that are significantly more associated with print-media-centric individuals and organizations than with non-print-media-centric ones. So perhaps we are now in agreement on the following: The Web has had a major impact on business models and will continue to for the foreseeable future. Agreed? And perhaps we could even agree that if we are to use the term "web business model", it should simply refer to what is most distinctive about the business models of web-centric companies. Just as "print media business models" simply refers to what is most distinctive about the business models of print-media-centric companies. -- Nick
