Essentially, Ferguson posits that "if we can come up with a good explanation for the West's past ascendancy, can we then offer a prognosis for its future?" (5) Ferguson credits six concepts or behaviors that he terms "the
killer apps"--competition, science, property rights, medicine, the consumer society, and the work ethic-as providing the basis of western dominance.6 Despite proposing a relevant topic for the military reader, Ferguson fails to properly support his thesis.
Data to continue its mercurial rise, but voice to remain the '
killer app'
Despite Benioff and even Feynman's exhortations, nobody actually spent much effort trying to build a quantum computer until someone identified a
killer app: breaking the codes that encrypt sensitive military and financial secrets.
Tandberg is the current leader with about 40% share, ahead of Polycom, according to Wainhouse Research.<p>Cisco views video as the "
killer app" that will fill up bandwidth and drive equipment upgrades into the next decade.<p>Copyright 2009 IDG Middle East.
During the dot-corn boom this was often dubbed the search for the "
killer app" (3).
Calls Management the "
Killer App" for Virtualization
Saunders wrote two books: Love Is the
Killer App and The Likeability Factor.
National League of Cities will co-host the
Killer App Conference and Expo 2007 in Fort Wayne, Ind., this April 30--May 2.
Usually, a new piece of hardware doesn't really take off until someone creates the
killer app or apps that ignite the rocket.