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Subject:Re: History of the IT industry From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:44:59 -0700
I suspect it's probably the major source of the disconnect.
The "industry" is now being defined by how investors see
the companies affecting each other financially rather than
by how the people developing the technologies see the
results of their work relating to each other.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>
>I generally enjoyed the "history" but was a bit disappointed to see the
>focus of the survey shift from inventions to economics in the most
>recent decades.
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