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On our way to a networked society

April 28, 2009 by Kate Carruthers with 348 views

In an earlier generation all computer networks were for business or the military. That is, they were point-to-point connections between large organizations and were vastly expensive to set up and run. But the invention of TCP/IP and the modern internet changed all that. Now networks are between ordinary people using simple and easy to... [read more]

From society of the book to a networked society

April 26, 2009 by Kate Carruthers with 129 views

Neerav Bhatt did an interesting post about Encyclopedia Britannica, saying: Organisations in the information industry such as book publishers and libraries would do well to learn from Encyclopedia Britannica’s precipitous fall from grace. Formerly a powerful company that could demand and receive large payments for access to its... [read more]

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