| Metcalfe’s
Law states that, “the usefulness, or utility, of a network
equals the square of the number of user." This law has been
modified over the years to take into account the number and value
of the resources
on the network (i.e. available services).
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The Network Effect
is the result of Metcalfe’s Law, it states that, “the
adoption rate of the network increases in proportion to the its
utility.”
Since most service-oriented
architectures leverage network and application protocols,
in many ways the SOE falls victim to the both Metcalfe’s
Law and the Network Effect.
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