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> we also must recognise that the potentiality of hypermedia can never solely be realised through market forces Indeed the web needs a lot of infrastructure li
by jopsen 9y ago
> we also must recognise that the potentiality of hypermedia can never solely be realised through market forces
Indeed the web needs a lot of infrastructure like: identity, authentication, payment, search, etc.
I don't believe that private enterprise so solve these efficiently or fast without government intervention.
I don't pretend to have the answers... But I imagine that identity and payment could be more secure and cost efficient, if not in the hands of private enterprises.
- jejones3141 9y agoYes, that was a hoot to read in the article, given the system the authors set forth as an example of the glories of government intervention: Minitel, which hung on long past its obsolescence. Another example is what the Deaf had to deal with for a long time for communication (I hope that past tense is correct): the "TTY" aka "TDD", a horrid device with a built-in acoustic coupler (remember 300 baud?) using 5-bit Baudot code (no lower case, and shift characters to switch between letters and digits) with a cheesy seven-segment green LED display that could show a whole (short) line of text at a time.