Existing industries have billions of dollars of historical investment, hundreds of years of history and employ of tens of thousands of people. These industries are being challenged by more innovative players that apply new business models to reduce costs. Challenges to the introduction of the railroad included “Rail travel at high speed is not possible, because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.” This article offers a brief insight into the emerging responses of industry and their efforts to lobby government. Will government “asphyxiate” the people on the information superhighway? Will we be forced to travel by canal? Will we be forced to use the telephone?
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Moore’s Law is forecast to continue. If the rate of improvement continues, technology will be 128 times more powerful in ten years, and over 4,000 times more powerful in 15 years. Will it be possible for a single laptop capture, store, process and transmit information for entire industries? Could a single laptop replace the global music industry, a stock exchange or provide voice calls for the world? There are billions of dollars of historical investment, hundreds of years of history and tens of thousands of people being challenged by new companies. Starbucks may have enough bandwidth to run a bank, but you probably would not want to live there 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Read More25 March 2006 Category: A Personal Central Brain, Capital allocation and remote services, Central Brain assembly, Central Brain building blocks, Economic development, Equity Market 3.0, Free software and Open source, Industry collaboration (Central Brain), Web 1.0 Intellectual property vs. Web 3.0 Community knowledge, Web 1.0 proprietary hierarchies vs. Web 3.0 community networks No Comments 
The Linux desktop is important because it empowers the user with the key internet technologies that will transform many industries. The availability of a version of Linux that can work for every person every time will become a reality in the next year. Usability of Linux is no longer an issue – it works just like Windows. At the moment, the best versions of desktop Linux probably install successfully 90% of the time, satisfies the needs of 90% of users and will work with 90% of peripherals that you attach to your computer. These are symbolic and not actual figures.
Read More2 March 2006 Category: Central Brain assembly, Central Brain building blocks, Free software and Open source 2 Comments
The Open Source model of building software harnesses the collective knowledge of a group of volunteers to build complex software. Over the next few years, collective knowledge networks like the open source movement will move beyond developing open source software, to manufacturing and distributing products products and services in other industries.
Read More13 February 2006 Category: Capital allocation and remote services, Climate stability 4.0, Critical path to Web 4.0, Declining markets, Democracy 3.0 and global governance 4.0, Digital Ecosystems, Economic development, Equity Market 3.0, Free software and Open source, Peak oil water food resources and leadership, Web 1.0 Intellectual property vs. Web 3.0 Community knowledge, Web 1.0 proprietary hierarchies vs. Web 3.0 community networks No Comments
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