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Can anybody remember when this world of ours ( THE NET ) started to become a place of congregation for profit hungry morons that were never interested in the technology to begin with ?
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sorry. i dont see your point. economics is the reason why the internet is more than just a dream.
let me put it another way. if profit never was the issue then there would not have been what we call the internet today.
ever since the invention of the al-mighty dollar it has been money that made the world go round. not newton's first law!
let me put it another way. if profit never was the issue then there would not have been what we call the internet today.
ever since the invention of the al-mighty dollar it has been money that made the world go round. not newton's first law!
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i disagree with you. profit is definetly a reason for doing it, but it was more of a way of comunicating better. it really wasn't about making money as it was the actual technical aspect of it.
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Originally Posted by TheNNS 
i disagree with you. profit is definetly a reason for doing it, but it was more of a way of comunicating better. it really wasn't about making money as it was the actual technical aspect of it.
think about it. who would be willing to invest millions in fiber optic if not for profit? and even if there are some who would they would not have the financial muscle to carry through.
lets take cisco. would it really supply its routers just for the satisfaction of providing better communication? and the guy who buys a cisco router. he wont do it just for the fun either.
many great inventions has fallen by the wayside because there was not the money angle to support it.
... what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names —otherwise you would be selling nothing— like "Structured Analysis and Design", "Software Engineering", "Maturity Models", "IPSE", "MIS", "OO", "BPRE".... by Edsger W. Dijkstra
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You're right, the government did invest becuase it was an opportunity to make money, and they were right, so every one's happy. what are people complaining about?
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But government can't create wealth.
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they can creat programs and projects that are beneficial and eventually become a source of profit.
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Originally Posted by TheNNS
You're right, the government did invest becuase it was an opportunity to make money, and they were right, so every one's happy. what are people complaining about?
but ventures the size of the internet had always been about the money. even if they start of as a dream they have to sooner or later involve the money.
the only such venture i dont get is nasa. they expand billions and i just dont see the profit(although i do see the point).
i can understand the exploring of the earth by ship some centuries ago because there was the possibility of colonisation and trade. but i cant see nasa's money angle. are they perhaps hoping to harvest solid mercury from jupiter's core?
dont think that i am against nasa. it is just that i dont see the money angle.
... what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names —otherwise you would be selling nothing— like "Structured Analysis and Design", "Software Engineering", "Maturity Models", "IPSE", "MIS", "OO", "BPRE".... by Edsger W. Dijkstra
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