duopoly

Are Internet companies so inefficient and clueless about management that have to be acquired?

On this week’s EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about the looming duopoly that’s forming between AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless, Jerry Yang’s prospects at Yahoo and next week’s Steve Jobs’ sermon.

First up, Verizon Wireless acquired Alltel for $28 million or so and now has 80 million subscribers to top AT&T Wireless’ subscriber count.

Is the end of the Intel-AMD duopoly nigh? Via Technologies is hoping this may be the case when it announces the "Isaiah" processor later this month.

Via Isaiah processor is targeted at mainstream notebooks and desktops; top: Isaiah processor; bottom: $398 15-inch Everex gBook

(Credit: Via, Wal-Mart)

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I really like Larry Dignan's posts on ZDNet, and his post Tuesday on the natural state of software markets (duopoly) is probably accurate, though I wish it weren't so.

Customers lose in many ways when industries consolidate.

Having said that, it's also nice to not have to contemplate a blizzard of choices when you just want to know whether to wear brown shoes or black shoes on a given day.

I really like Larry Dignan's posts on ZDNet, and his post today on the natural state of software markets (duopoly) is probably accurate, though I wish it weren't so.

Customers lose in many ways when industries consolidate.

Having said that, it's also nice to not have to contemplate a blizzard of choices when you just want to know whether to wear brown shoes or black shoes on a given day.

The merger of Activision and Vivendi to create a video game juggernaut on par with Electronic Arts was the big news over the weekend, but from a high level it’s more of the same: Another tech sector and another duopoly in training.
The Activision-Vivendi deal, announced Sunday, is being analyzed for its impact on the gaming [...]