he internet, the world wide data connection that has caught on like a wild fire sweeping through a parched California forest, has wide ranging implications on our world economy. Locally, we have witnessed staggering swings of fortune in more "dot-com" firms than any other form of business in American history. The old adage of that "American Dream" - starting a business in the garage to see it one day be listed on the stock exchange is truer now than at any other time in our short history as well.
While many still feel that the internet is simply a "fad" that will fade out as consumers tire of on-line shopping, most are resigned to the fact that the computer age is finally found a foothold into the masses - a true consumer product as inseparable in the modern household as the television and telephone. The fact that it isn't being calle
d the "telenet" may be more a matter of poor timing than a marketing gaffe.
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