One can track how architectural paradigms fall in and out of favor roughly by whether processing power and storage capacity are growing faster than network speeds; however, faster processors are often a component of what telecoms use to boost their network speeds. This kind of interdependency is true for basically any market. Product development shifts consumer behavior, which shifts product development. Technology doesn’t advance in a straight line, because a straight line is not actually efficient. The economy is not a flat plane, but a rich topography with ridges and valleys to navigate
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