Computer
technology seems to abide by "Moore's Law" which says that the
number of transistors which can be put on a chip doubles every
18 months. As a result of this miniaturization, computing
power quadruples every 18 months and an exponential series
ensues. Organic-biological-DNA computers, quantum computers,
chaos computers - prompted by vast profits and spawned by
inventive genius will ensure the continued applicability of
Moore's Law.
The Internet is also subject to "Metcalf's Law".
It says that when we connect N computers to a network - we get
an increase of N to the second power in its computing
processing power. And these N computers are more powerful
every year, according to Moore's Law. The growth of computing
powers in networks is a multiple of the effects of the two
laws. More and more computers with ever increasing computing
power get connected and create an exponential 16 times growth
in the network's computing power every 18 months.
2. Content related Fees
This was prevalent in the Net until recently. Even potentially
commercial software can still be downloaded for free.
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