By Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams

Anyone who has done even a modest amount of browsing on the Internet has probably run across Wikipedia, the user-edited online encyclopedia that now dwarfs the online version of Encyclopedia Britannica. This is the prime example of what is called the new Web, or Web 2.0, where sites such as MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, and even the Human Genome Project allow mass collaboration from participants in the online community. These open systems can produce faster and more powerful results than the traditional closed proprietary systems that have been the norm for private industry and educational institutions. Detractors claim that authentic voices are being overrun by "an anonymous tide of mass mediocrity," and private industry laments that competition from the free goods and services created by the masses compete with proprietary marketplace offerings. The most obvious example of this is Linux, the open-source operating system that has killed Microsoft in the server environment.

Published Date: 28/12/2006 Format: HardBack ISBN: 1-59184-138-8 Publisher: Portfolio Rating: Retail price: US Dollar $ 25.95 (Rs. 1,856.46) Our price: Rs. 2,295.00 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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