Free-market computing and the global economic infrastructure

Author

Walker, David W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Wales Coll. of Cardiff, UK

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

1996

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

62

Abstract

A powerful new vision of computing for the 21st century has emerged in which the World Wide Web will become the universal medium for computing. As part of this vision the Web will progress from mainly a passive supplier of information to a truly interactive medium for commerce, science, education and entertainment that will have a broad impact on society. The paper considers how the integration of computing into the world´s economic infrastructure is essential if Web-oriented computing is to realize its full potential. The economic aspects of the free market computing approach to the use of computing resources on the Web are essential to the its success

Keywords

Internet; commerce; socio-economic effects; Internet; World Wide Web; commerce; economic aspects; education; entertainment; free-market computing; global economic infrastructure; interactive medium; science; Application software; Business; Computer interfaces; Computer vision; Hardware; Java; Libraries; Power generation economics; Supply and demand; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Parallel & Distributed Technology: Systems & Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6552

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/88.532140

Filename

532140