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- Joel on 2009-01-02 - Tags prediction , trends
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4) Venture capitalism will be redefined. The mix of the plunging cost of doing a software startup and companies like Ycombinator and others will force VC's to move into greentech and away from software. VC's will face financial problems due to a slump in the market and at least one major VC will tank.
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More Linux on the desktop, mostly via netbooks.
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The era of subscription-based consumer internet services will begin.
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