The Future of Computing

The Internet is the future of the computing revolution, as it has quickly become fundamental to the ongoing evolution of computer technology.

No less an authority than IBM has indicated that they believe that by the year 2000, almost half of the global revenues derived from information technology — including hardware, software and services — will be focused on technology related products.

The Net Generation

Undeniably, the most important trend to affect the way we teach the youth of today is the fact that we are now seeing the emergence of the first generation in the history of mankind to have grown up with the Internet.

Decades from now, people will characterize the early years of the 21st century as a period dominated by a battle between the corporate entertainment world and the computer geeks.

With all the recent merger frenzy, it’s become obvious that the corporate types have finally clued in to the Internet, e-biz and e-commerce.

Every entrepreneur must appreciate one important fact: e-biz is not optional. It’s a competitive necessity.

As the world economy becomes wired together through the Internet, every small business, regardless of their size, will find it necessary through the next few years to purchase and implement increasingly sophisticated computer and networking technology.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

THE RELATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL POLICY FOR AGRICULTURE AND MOBILITY

Agriculture has been the main economical stimulating factor for ages. Since the second part of the last century it has been changed from a prosperity source to an important money drain for governments (and so for societies).

The history of the former USSR has proven that civilians and companies together kick too extrovert governments out of power. This difficult issue has to be addressed. Technological solutions that decrease basic human rights and threaten corporate competitor ship environments have to be thought over thoroughly. Road pricing by digital movement logging is creating infrastructure which can be (repeat: can be, we don’t say will be) used by total control seeking governments, who put their own interests before the basic values of an open democratic and free market based society.

The implementation can also give national political problems. Both political parties, as well as civilians and companies will not cry of joy for any road pricing solution and certainly not through fuel tax. This problem can be solved. If at the same time the car ownership tax disappears the criticism will be severely lower. When from the same day the governmental earning on mobility will be re-invested in mobility the criticism will be also considerably lower.

But the most important traffic reducing development will be the home office based on flex work. This development will reduce city based office hours per employee enormously. The hardware (pc and gsm) is already years among us. The infrastructure (cable and asdl) is already there, the software environment (Novell Directory Services, Microsoft Active Directory and total web based company structures like asp, dotnet, php, js and many other standards) is implanted now in most companies. The effects of the combination will result in growth of the missing link: The acceptance and realisation of more home based production for digital and communication based jobs.

UNLIMITED PREVENTING SOLUTIONS

Like in all things preventing is always many times better than curing afterwards. This is also applicable to the subject of traffic congestion. Much better than controlling traffic congestion based on actual mobility needs, is preventing congestion by active mobility needs changing policies.

LIMITED ROAD CAPACITY EXTENTION BY LEGISTATION

Another way to reduce traffic congestion is by improving or adjusting the current legislation. Traffic congestion can still be much reduced by better traffic management and adequate congestion prevention. In cases where there are no external parties involved and the governments (or her contractors) are the only parties, legislation is maybe too heavy a word.