[...] Take the rose tinted glasses off and look again. The reason Mr Masse has aroused the ire of some hick from the sticks is that he has pointed out of a profound truth; the growth curve for prediction markets is a downward sloping one. They are not a disruptive technology; but merely another means of forecasting. Moreover, the odds are strongly in favour that most of the EPM vendors will be out of business over the next 18 months – why do you think that they are getting so angry.
It is only one vendor who got “angry“. 
Not a big deal.
