The Long Tail
A couple of days ago, a querent on a local SF-oriented e'mail list inquired about the availability of Windows-compatible clones or emulations of M.U.L.E., a fondly-remembered computer game which I've discussed before, elsewhere. This reminded me of an insightful article from the October 2004 issue of Wired:
The Long Tail."Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream."Go ahead and read the article. It's got references to Netflix, Bollywood, business plans and economic analysis. Something for everybody. (If this doesn't draw a few comments out of the woodwork, I don't know what will.)
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I appreciate the Long Tail, but sometimes it's not quite long enough. E.g. there are some Satyajit Ray films that are on disc but which Netflix doesn't carry, and I was trying to get some French jazz from iTunes but they wouldn't sell it to American customers.
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