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Why Software Is Eating the World

Marc Andreessen · 2011

"Every company is becoming a software company; software firms will disrupt incumbents across every industry."

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In 2011, Marc Andreessen published an essay declaring that all traditional industries—from movies to agriculture to national defense—were being disrupted and taken over by software companies.

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