Metcalfe's Law

He's also known for Metcalfe's Law: The value of a network grows as the square of the number of its users.

Metcalfe's Law, formulated by networking pioneer Robert Metcalfe, explains a phenomenon anyone with a telephone already understands.

Applying Metcalfe's law to LinkedIn would seem reasonably safe, provided you could filter out the spammers.

Digital networks are built on hardware that gets cheaper all the time, allowing new applications to take full advantage of Metcalfe's law.

This is best stated by Metcalfe's Law: The value of a network standard grows exponentially with the number of nodes connected to it.

This chapter introduces the Law of Disruption and its key drivers, Moore's Law and Metcalfe's Law.

Three related principles----Moore's Law, Metcalfe's Law, and the Law of disruption----explain the power and promise of digital life.

But it wasn't until a dozen years later that George Gilder, a technology pundit, called this Metcalfe's law.

Metcalfe's Law was named for Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of the Ethernet standard.

Together, Moore's Law and Metcalfe's Law have created a new environment----the world of digital life.

In starting out afresh, your correspondent has been pondering how best to apply Metcalfe's law to social networking.

Metcalfe's Law: Value Expands Exponentially