Gautam John wrote: [ on 10:13 AM 8/8/2007 ]
If Software Companies Ran the Country
by Jay Kinney
[This essay originally appeared in Whole Earth Review #57 (Winter
1987). It is now both terribly dated and still apt. It can be viewed,
perhaps, as ahead of its time. It earned hate mail when it first
appeared.]
The above applies to this too, except for the original publication
details (first published in Wired, March 1994). It is probably more
valid than ever, and possibly the most insightful thing JPB has ever
done, for all that he can be, er...*difficult* in person sometimes -
as several members of this list can testify to. :-)
http://homes.eff.org/~barlow/EconomyOfIdeas.html
Udhay
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