Chapter 5 - Summary & Discussion

Lessons from the Internet

For a brief summary of the chapter I will begin with the purpose of the Internet started, as we all know, with a government interest. The Department of Defense was the first ‘investor’ in the new technology that eventually became the Internet and the WWW as we know it today.
Today there are private businesses leading the investment into the internet. Most businesses today have a portion of their revenue dependent on Internet sales, or at least Internet advertising. When I mention advertising, it would include simply verifying or validating your business. Putting a web-site to the name of the business and making it more attractive to a growing population of business. Many people will not find a business if they are not properly set-up on the Internet.

This chapter does good job of describing the options companies have to help them navigate through potential government policies and changes that will affect their business. A company can see the 10 lessons as a springboard for developing safeguards against what may, or may not happen at the government level.

The government has been involved in the Internet all along, but their influence has been changing. It appears the influence of the government will continue to change. Emerging technologies will rely, at least in part, on the Internet. The Internet has been developed by the government and exploited by businesses. It will continue to be regulated in some form by many governments.