Maybe the origins of the Internet have a stronger influence than anyone
could have imagined and the model prevented businesses from establishing
and maintaining a "for profit" scenario. The idea of sharing over the net
with virtually no cost to facilitate transfer of know-how may have left
businesses vulnerable. The 'traditional' ways of creating and maintaining
value (for a profit) rendered useless. As tom king
(
trking@postoffice.providence.edu) alerts us, "integrated networks instead
of hierarchical machines" require seeing things with different mindset.
A logical implication for businesses to succeed in the web would then be to
follow the approach of scholars; publish, establish reputation, charge fees
for personalized consultation ?
Finally, the question of what other 'technologies' does this applies to
comes to mind?
Cordially,
Esteban
Charles Wankel <
cxx@bellatlantic.net>@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> on 08/24/2001
11:00:06 AM
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From: trking [mailto:
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...
Now that IS a problem for business. However, rather than to change the way
they SEE things in a world characterized by integrated networks instead of
hierarchical machines, we will likely continue to have such debacles and
companies like Microsoft.
And such enormous waste.
tom king
trking@postoffice.providence.edu
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