The Digital Economy [antikvár]

Preface Since the original hardcover publication of The Digital Economy there have been some sui-prises—all very positive. To begin, I've been delighted with the success and impact of the book. There are some 100,000 copies in print, and translations completed or undenvay in half a dozen languages. The book has been received well in the media and (more important to me) among business and government leaders around the world. I've also been heartened by the animated response to presentations I have given—to roughly 150,000 people in the last year. Second, I've been struck with how the projections in the book have been pretty solid. In fact, given the chance today there is nothing that I choose to change. The Net is growing like crazy. New commercial applications are exploding. Those who are laggards embracing the digital media are already showing signs of serious difficulty. Demographics are changing with more women, minorities, and kids coming onto the Net. Most significantly, the children of the Baby Boomers are embracing the interactive media. They are, in fact, creating a new generation. I now call them "The Net Generation"—the millions of kids of the Boomers who are growing up digital. (This is the topic of my next book.) Some concepts described in the book have taken off. These include the Intranet, the idea of a new paradigm in software-development-based