What the Dormouse Said

Reading What the Dormouse Said at the moment, which makes a good case for the interconnection between the culture of mid-peninsula (aka Silicon Valley) and the growth of the personal computer industry. Coincidentally, an interview with Vint Cerf in the Guardian, where he makes the point that the development of the Internet relied on "openness - allowing people with new ideas to do their thing without getting anyone's permission". In other words, the Internet couldn't have developed in Europe (too bureaucratic, too hierarchical, develped OSI in competition), but was possible in the US (semi-structured, open).

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