AGE is the reason. SOFTWARE is the YOUNGEST OF ALL SCIENCES. I doubt that the reason has a lot to do with valuation and acquisition. The simple reason is AGE.

AGE is the reason. SOFTWARE is the YOUNGEST OF ALL SCIENCES. I doubt that the reason has a lot to do with valuation and acquisition. The simple reason is AGE. the WEB is still young. Seriously the web is really less than 20 years old. And please do not tell me that NASA and the NSA were using the internet 50 years ago. Medecine has been around thousands of years. Same for Architecture and Mathematics etc..... But the science of Computers and Computing is still an INFANT. Whether there are more acquisitions in the future or less, there will be tons of more Computing Innovation just because the field will MATURE. We still have not grasp the full potential of this field and frankly i think Google is just a drop of water in the ocean of possibilities.