At the moment, the perceived cure for the diseases in the Net forest are employee layoffs. Possibly a successful remedy, possibly not. Nonetheless, a sign that change is upon us. The health of the new era is being questioned. The Darwinian tenant of survival of the fittest is being played out in the Net ecosystem.
Layoffs are clear signs of disease.
Sony Online Entertainment ThirdAge Media Total Sports Turbolinux Layoffs at the above mentioned companies are a clear example that the cash flow law of the financial jungle is alive and well. It wasn't that long ago that new era adherents perceived funding for Net ideas and startups to be limitless. They can now see the edge of the financial cliff directly ahead. Too many of the companies we mentioned that are either closed or trying to stop the bleeding received some type of funding in the last six months. That funding is now history.