Sean Y, we see your hand here. Very interesting examples. The aligning power of ignorance. Dead center is dead wrong. Companies need to explore complementary markets for new technologies and products, rather than expecting to cannibalize existing markets.
Value lies at the edges.
As networks evolve, intelligence on a network is able to move, and is migrating from the center to the edges. Good stuff on determining objectives and strategies. Available as Open Source. A consortium that sponsors development of benchmarks for transaction processing systems. Yow, this site is incredibly ugly when viewed using Netscape on Linux.