> The difference is that projects like the internet were incremental. That's the funny part -- one could argue that, because it was incremental, someone ought

> The difference is that projects like the internet were incremental. That's the funny part -- one could argue that, because it was incremental, someone ought to have seen what was coming. But instead it was much like the early days of television -- the experts thought it was a gimmick, a fad that people would get tired of, then return to radio and printed matter.