They may still be in court but the sector is already looking at ROSS as something that “has” happened.
Having now reported the battle between the two giants and newcomers as well as the old guard daily / weekly for the last 20 years we are begining to be reminded of the 30 years war.
Although this may end up being a 50 years war with Lexis & Westlaw playing the part of the Holy Roman Empire.
Eventually all empires fall it’s just that their deaths create lots of casualties along the way.
The Thirty Years’ War was a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million casualties resulting from military battles as well as from the famine and disease caused by the conflict. The war lasted from 1618 to 1648, starting as a battle among the Catholic and Protestant states that formed the Holy Roman Empire. However, as the Thirty Years’ War evolved, it became less about religion and more about which group would ultimately govern Europe. In the end, the conflict changed the geopolitical face of Europe and the role of religion and nation-states in society. (Source: https://www.history.com/topics/reformation/thirty-years-war)
Above The Law write..
As ROSS Wraps Up, Pondering Its Legacy
Over six years, they proved that a feisty startup could truly make a dent in the market.
I have to admit that this year had me reading obituaries. I wondered about the people whose lives were cut short. I wondered what their lives had been like. I wondered about the family and friends and colleagues they left behind.
And I wondered about the legacies of all those lost lives. Not legacies in the financial sense, but the lives they touched, the ways they shaped their communities, and the impacts they had on the people around them.
“We’re here,” Steve Jobs reportedly said, “to put a dent in the universe.” We all make a dent, each in our own way. That is our legacy.
Companies, like people, leave legacies. This fact struck home this week as I pondered the death of ROSS Intelligence, the company that helped pioneer the use of artificial intelligence in legal research, whose decision to shut down I reported Friday.
The death felt premature, like so many of this year’s deaths. And its direct impact was not just on a corporate entity or a balance sheet, but on the very-human people who were part of the company and who helped it grow over the years.
Innovation ain’t easy. Taking on the status quo ain’t easy. Companies that attempt to shake things up risk failure. Many do, in fact, fail. Some fail, frankly, because of a bad idea. Others fail because of poor execution or management. And some fail simply because they are ahead of the curve, because the market isn’t ready for them.
Read the full wrap up at
https://abovethelaw.com/2020/12/as-ross-wraps-up-pondering-its-legacy/
