Amazon continues its own trend to leverage and transform itself into a web business platform. First there was only shipping books. Then letting individuals ship their used books. Then letting other companies ship complementary products. Then letting other companies ship the same products Amazon sells (i.e. J&R). Then running sites for other companies like Target.com. Soon Amazon will just be a brand and a set of online technologies — but they’ll have taken the most unexpected path to get there.
… and points beyond
mostly about data
