Let Chaos Reign, Then Rein In Chaos.

A Fundamental Rule In Technology Says That Whatever Can Be Done Will Be Done.

Competition Is Warfare. Mostly It Is Played By Prescribed Rules--there Is A Sort Of Geneva Convention For Competition--but It's Thorough And Often Brutal.

Think About It. Right Now, A Whole Generation Of Young (customers) In The United States Has Been Brought Up To Take Computers For Granted. Pointing A Mouse Is No More Mysterious To Them Than Hitting The "on" Button On The Television Is To Their Parents.

Activity Is Not Output.

The Boom Was Healthy Too, Even With Its Excesses. Because What This Incredible Valuation Craze Did Was Draw Untold Sums Of Billions Of Dollars Into Building The Internet Infrastructure. The Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars That Got Invested In Telecommunications, For Example.