Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site oliveb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!long From: long@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Lemme axe yew a question (Evolutioners) Message-ID: <569@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:28:28 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.569 Posted: Sun Aug 18 01:28:28 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 08:19:32 EDT References: <2517@vax4.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: long@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long) Distribution: net Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca Lines: 19 Summary: I'll give a short example. I would state this more directly and tech- nically, but I don't want to get into semantic quibbles, and I'm sure that you can all figure out the parallels. If anyone cares to write this up with all of the correct terms (niche, resource exclusion, etc.), feel free. Don Paolo (A-X) has a nice racket going on in Silicon Valley. The area barely supports him, and can't support two rackets at once, but he has managed to beat out all opposition so that the Valley is *his* turf. Then Tanaka-san (A-X+1) moves in with the Yakuza to get a piece of the action. Not only is Tanaka-san better at the old rackets, he also has some new angles figured on some new rackets that he exploits. After a while, Don Paolo can't take the heat because Tanaka-san has too many of his resources tied up, and his organization crumbles, leaving the Valley to Tanaka-san and the Yakuza. Dave Long -- {hplabs,fortune,idi,ihnp4,tolerant,allegra,tymix}!oliveb!long