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title: Industry borders blurring
date: "2001-01-07T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1983
description: I track how industry borders are blurring as Microsoft, Sony, Intel, and Compaq move into each other's traditional territories. These shifts illustrate how technology convergence turns hardware and software companies into direct competitors across the consumer electronics market.
keywords: [industry convergence, consumer electronics, microsoft, sony, intel, compaq, market competition]
---

[Microsoft makes video games -- Sony's domain](http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4391968.html). [Sony moved into PCs -- Compaq's domain](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010106/tc/sony_well-armed_against_ces_coup_1.html). [Compaq moves into electronics -- Sony's domain](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010106/tc/compaq_to_switch_on_jukebox_for_mp3s_cds_28.html). [Intel moves into consumer electronics -- Sony's domain](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010106/tc/intel_ceo_looks_outside_with_pc_peripherals_22.html). With growing technology, industry borders become blurred.