In sum, all the key technological developments that led to the internet were built around government institutions, major universities and research centers. The Internet did not orginate in the business world. It was too daring a technology, too expensive a project, and too risky an initiative to be assumed by profit-oriented organizations.


p. 22 - The Internet Galaxy - Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society (2001) - Chapter 1, Lessons from the History of the Internet

Manuel Castells Quotes

In sum, all the key technological developments that led to the internet were built around government institutions, major universities and research...

In sum, all the key technological developments that led to the internet were built around government institutions, major universities and research...

In sum, all the key technological developments that led to the internet were built around government institutions, major universities and research...

In sum, all the key technological developments that led to the internet were built around government institutions, major universities and research...