>> And the single biggest channel for that is the open web. >No, streamed or buffered audio and video are the biggest channel for that. Video may take up enor

>> And the single biggest channel for that is the open web. >No, streamed or buffered audio and video are the biggest channel for that. Video may take up enormous amounts of bandwidth, but the information density is very low. And it's unclear whether the time spent watching video is anywhere close to the time spent reading text, looking at pictures or navigating the links of the Web. And buffered video is delivered over HTTP... Anyway, this pedantry is tiring, st3fan has a valid point. TCP/IP is necessary, but not sufficient. It is the combination of Web technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, etc) that is driving so much of the innovation of the past 15 years. Could the Raspberry Pi have been the success it is today without the visibility afforded by the Web? I doubt it.