The technical term for that is "network effect". http://www.welton.it/articles/p... | Hacker News

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davidw on July 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: PHP is much better than what you think

The technical term for that is "network effect".

http://www.welton.it/articles/programming_language_economics (sorry to those who have read it, but it bears repeating)

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