Well... This is the
year 2001.
The Internet is probably one of the most fantastic
inventions of the last century, and the new millennium has
become centred on its usage, its development, its improvement,
its dissemination. Each and every household and business
in the 'civilised world' ( including the western cultures!) will have
its own web site (or several) within the next 10 years.
The whole economy on earth is being affected at grass roots level
by the Internet and the world wide web.
Most of the big named artistes now have their own web sites.
EMI, BMG and Warner Records are at this very minute negotiating
with AOL for a merging or an association in view of launching
the biggest music shopping centre this planet has ever seen ON LINE
!
And so it goes for all businesses - massive or small - globally.
Funnily enough, Europe is flagging way behind in its awareness and
use of the Internet. We returned to the UK from Asia in 1999,
and in the UK, this mode of communication was much much less utilised
than in Thailand or Malaysia. However, in the last 2 years, usage
has spread like wild fire throughout the UK & the rest of Europe
too....
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