Comments on: Going online in 2014 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2736 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:23:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2736/comment-page-1#comment-6324 Reader's Write Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:47:10 +0000 #comment-6324 "[The network] will be a regulated, managed and controlled net, not the simple data conduit that we have today..." All signs point to no. There are always regulations, most of which are not enforced most of the time in most of the places and most are challenged in court or evaded by designs. Management requirements increase exponentially with the complexity of the task, so unless you count automatic handling as management, most of the net will remain unmanaged. Especially with 5+ billion persons online with multiple systems for each. As for control, we should all know that it ultimately fails. Usually at the worst place at the worst time for those who invested in it the most. What will probably happen is that complexity will increase. Will that lead to more enforced regulations, adequate management and greater effective control? Probably not. “[The network] will be a regulated, managed and controlled net, not the simple data conduit that we have today…”

All signs point to no.

There are always regulations,
most of which are not enforced most of the time in most of the places
and most are challenged in court or evaded by designs.

Management requirements increase exponentially with the complexity of the task,
so unless you count automatic handling as management, most of the net will remain unmanaged.
Especially with 5+ billion persons online with multiple systems for each.

As for control, we should all know that it ultimately fails.
Usually at the worst place at the worst time for those who invested in it the most.

What will probably happen is that complexity will increase.

Will that lead to more enforced regulations,
adequate management and greater effective control?

Probably not.

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