This is reminiscent of Julian Assange's recent article in newsweek (http://goo.gl/hYbCa9 http://goo.gl/hYbCa9) which draws parallels between early companies of

This is reminiscent of Julian Assange's recent article in newsweek (http://goo.gl/hYbCa9 http://goo.gl/hYbCa9) which draws parallels between early companies of the "military-industrial complex" (e.g. lockheed-martin, general dynamics, raytheon, boeing, etc) and the new information-based internet companies like Google and Facebook. It's a bit William-Gibson-esque to think about things in these terms but on the other hand it seems like an eerily good fit. (PS instead of merely down voting me it would rather be more interesting for us all to read your comments)