This was my original message on February 22. 

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> From: Pamela McCorduck <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WhatsApp ... Death of SMS?
> Date: February 22, 2014 at 5:14:43 PM EST
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>
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> The Internet was conceived and first implemented by a small group of 
> government  and university researchers: J. C. R. Licklider, Bob Kahn, Vint 
> Cert, and several other pioneers. (So when I hear Silly Valley Libertarians 
> go on and on, the best I can do is laugh.) 
> 
> My question to this august group is: now that the momentum for innovation has 
> moved to the private sector, are we going to see nothing but these trivial, 
> mostly copycat apps that make your eyes glaze over? Is the private sector 
> capable of genuine innovation?
> 
> Pamela
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