25. Now think of client-server as this kind of relationship: Client Server
26. In the Web marketplace, it looks like this: Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more
27. Each company has its own set of cow-calf relationships: Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more
28. CRM is a $16 billion part of the Industrial Egosystem: Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more Server Client Client Client Client Client Client Billions more
29. Client-server also causes weird legal effects, such as this stuff: You agree we aren't liable for annoying interruptions caused by you; or a third party, buildings, hills, network congestion, rye whiskey falling sickness or unexpected acts of God or man, and will save harmless rotary lyrfmstrdl detections of bargas overload prevention, or in the event of random siding management retrenchments, or Elvis leaving the building. Unattended overseas submissions in saved mail hazard functions will be subject to bad weather or sneeze funneling through contractor felch reform blister pack truncation, or for the duration of the remaining unintended contractual subsequent lost or expired obligations, except in the state of Michigan at night. We also save ourselves and close relatives harmless from anything we don't control; including clear weather and oddball acts of random gods. You also agree we are not liable for missed garments, body parts, or voice mails, even if you have saved them. Nothing we say or mumble here is trustworthy or true, or meant for any purpose other than to feed the fears of our legal department, which has no other reason to live. Whether for reasons of drugs, hormones, gas or mood, we may terminate this agreement with cheeful impunity, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. Accept.
“ The return of power” is the conference theme; so I’m here to tell you about one source of power that will emerge in the next few years, and that’s the power of the individual customer. This is not just the power customers get from smarter phones and computers, or from social networks, but from new tools that are theirs alone. This is something I’ve been observing and working for personally, and there are many developers working on the same thing. The end result will be a whole new economy that will be very good for business, and for retailing in particular. To give you a a better sense of where I’m coming from, we’ll start with a brief review…
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