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 I think that certain early entrants to the marketplace might have sold out. Others did not. I would be interested to see how this story could include both those who did sell out and those who didn't in both movements and the influence that those idealists continue to make.

-- StevenWu - 30 Nov 2009

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>		Brendan -- I like your observations here, but as I think you recognize in the last paragraph it leaves the reader (or me at least) feeling empty in that you propose no solutions to help combat the problem you identify. Also, I think that one implication of the internet is that spending advertising dollars doesn't get you the huge audience that it used to, and so it might become increasingly difficult to subvert culture through advertising. There is a flip side to this as well: the internet allows groups of like-minded people to stick together and coordinate more easily than in the 60's and 70's, making it harder for the counterculture to be appropriated. I think that these dynamics are important differences that you might address as a counter argument to your thesis, and, if you have the space, as a way of suggesting some hope that history will not repeat itself.

Finally, just to add strength to your argument, consider the new Windows 7 commercials. Microsoft touts the implementation of customer ideas ("Windows 7 was my idea") perhaps in order give consumers a sense of empowerment when dealing with the technology, which is taken away by not allowing customers to implement their own ideas without a license (if its a program) or at all (if they want to modify the OS).

-- JustinColannino - 30 Nov 2009

 
 
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