The Web Economy/The Web Is The Computer

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Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource.

The Web Is The Computer

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

• The Internet Is The Computer. Such a phrase was circulated by a global IT entity some time ago during the beginning of the web era.
• Been interconnected into a large mass, peer-to-peer prosuming has created a sum total larger than its individual members and became the new economy.

Discussion

• Who is the IT entity that coined such a slogan and why?
• What does it mean?
• How does it impact an ordinary user?
• Who benefits most from the web?
• How does it impact brick and mortar conventional businesses and culture?

Activities

• Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
• Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
• Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

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Sub-Pages

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