Groveís Law of Dis-integrationA Horizontal Computer Industry

• Horizontal integrationis new structure

• Each layer picks best from lower layer

• All layers run //

• Desktop (C/S) market

  • 1991: 50%
  • 1995: 75%

Intel & Seagate

Silicon & Oxide

Systems

Baseware

Middleware

Applications

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft

Compaq

Integration

EDS

Operation

AT&T

Function

Example

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