On: Andreessen: "If you own newspapers, sell. If you own TV stations, sell..."

[volida]

how do you know what he knows?

[ilamont → volida]

Look at his areas of expertise. Netscape. Ning. Loudcloud. Don't see any TV or movie industry experience. Do you?

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Henry Ford probably didn't have a lot of experience with horses either.

[bootload → ilamont]

"... Look at his areas of expertise. Netscape. Ning. Loudcloud. Don't see any TV or movie industry experience. Do you? ..."

But Andreessen is just smart enough to know that "computer + foo = computer".

I found this neat heuristic in Alan Coopers "inmates running the asylum" ~ http://www.amazon.com/Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum/dp/06723164... It means digital media processed by computers are right up his (and other computer/digital natives) alley.