Comments on: Surfers of the world, Unite! http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10586 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10586/comment-page-1#comment-131022 Reader's Write Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:45:26 +0000 #comment-131022 Good article, Bill. I like the idea that 2000 and 2006 are two different, unique eras. I think that too often, we don't realize how much has changed in that time. In what ways has Dell tried to work in the world of their consumers, but stumbled? -Parker http://blogcampaigning.wordpress.com Good article, Bill. I like the idea that 2000 and 2006 are two different, unique eras. I think that too often, we don’t realize how much has changed in that time.
In what ways has Dell tried to work in the world of their consumers, but stumbled?

-Parker
http://blogcampaigning.wordpress.com

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10586/comment-page-1#comment-131003 Reader's Write Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:13:50 +0000 #comment-131003 Some interesting ideas, Bill, but I have to react against your reduction of Marxism to the old base-superstructure thing. Historically, I think you'll find it was scholars and the military who developed the networks upon which this revolutionary era is founded, not businesses - who on the whole have been as slow on the uptake as the general public. And while I agree that the power to shape the future has not yet been taken away from us, I hope we can do a bit better than just please a few progressive liberals. P2P has called into question the law of property itself. The struggle for Internet freedom is one Mr. Marx himself would support. Some interesting ideas, Bill, but I have to react against your reduction of Marxism to the old base-superstructure thing. Historically, I think you’ll find it was scholars and the military who developed the networks upon which this revolutionary era is founded, not businesses – who on the whole have been as slow on the uptake as the general public.

And while I agree that the power to shape the future has not yet been taken away from us, I hope we can do a bit better than just please a few progressive liberals. P2P has called into question the law of property itself. The struggle for Internet freedom is one Mr. Marx himself would support.

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