The Colonization of Cyberspace

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The Colonization of Cyberspace Gordon Bell Senior Researcher Microsoft Corporation

Introduction In Silicon Valley, the Internet is all we think about. Is it just greed??       

The internet has created (redistributing) more wealth than any other phenomena. $200 B valuation; $2 B sales; -$0.2M return. WWW may be grossly over-hyped! Long run, the hype is likely to be justified. USA is