It is interesting to note that the problem the Xanadu effort was attacking, payments for content, etc., is still unsolved. Newspapers are going out of business

It is interesting to note that the problem the Xanadu effort was attacking, payments for content, etc., is still unsolved. Newspapers are going out of business because it is difficult to be compensated for information/content made available over the internet. It is also interesting to interpret many successful internet firms that offer blogging, Facebook, as steps towards the Xanadu vision of everything being editable.