My question is only this. in the heyday of altavista or yahoo, could PG have known that a hackercentric culture is whats most essential. Remember this is a comp

My question is only this. in the heyday of altavista or yahoo, could PG have known that a hackercentric culture is whats most essential. Remember this is a completely new economy and business - just like the automobile industry in 20th century, could anyone have predicted who would be the most important players then ? dealers? mechanics? engineers? manufacturers?