In the recently released book titled "Information Rules", Prof. Varian and Shapiro of the University of California argue that "Technology changes. Economic laws do not." In other words, Electronic Commerce innovations do not challenge the basic immutable laws of economics. Do you agree? In 300 words or less, sketch your position and provide arguments either for or against the view that E-commerce issues a challenge to traditional economics.

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"Who would have thought even five years ago that a world-class operating system could coalesce as if by magic out of part-time hacking by several thousand developers scattered all over the planet, connected only by the tenuous strands of the Internet?"

In a classic article title "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", Eric Raymond supports the notion of open-source development, as a latter day "bazaar" beating the "Cathedral" notion of organizing and producing.

Provide a manager's 300 word or less analysis for the long range potential of open-source approach to software development in particular and organization management in more general terms..

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Which of the following affirmatives are true for both Net PCs and Network Computers original specifications?

1. They require a sealed case.
2. They run on Windows 95 or Windows NT.
3. They do not require a persistent storage device, such as a hard disk.
4. Their operating system is based on Javascript.
5. They use leading-edge digital and analog PC technology

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Moore's Law:

a. Refers to an inverse relation between bandwidth and content value

b. Refers to a positive (causal) relation between bandwidth and content value.

c. Refers to a variable (chaotic) relation between bandwidth and content value.

d. Refers to a variable (chaotic) relation between bandwidth and content *relevance*.

e. Both a and d.

f. None of the above.

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ISDN is, and stands for:

a. A protocol for video transmission. It Still Does Nothing

b. A type of optical channel. Integrated Systems for Digital Narration.

c. Standards for digital transmission over ordinary copper wire. Integrated Services Digital Network.

d. Standards for digital transimission over fiber optics. Integrated Services Digital Network.

e. A protocol for HTML communication over fiber optics. Integrated Systems for Decoded Networking.

f. None of the above.

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On average and as a general rule:

a. "Push" applications use less bandwidth and provide more security when compared to "Pull" applications.

b. "Push" applications use more bandwidth and provide more security when compared to "Pull" applications.

c. "Push" applications use more bandwidth and provide less security when compared to "Pull" applications.

d. "Push" applications use less bandwidth and provide less security when compared to "Pull" applications.

e. Both c and d are true.

f. both a and d are true.

g. None of the above are true.

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Chronologically, on the World Wide Web:

a. "Push" business applications appeared first, in the early 90's.

b. "Pull" business applications appeared first, in the early 90's.

c. "Push" and "Pull" both appeared simultaneously, preceeding the WWW, as they are both route switching applications.

d. "Push" and "Pull" both appeared simultaneously, preceeding the WWW, as they are both precursors of EDI.

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Telecommuting is about working from home, using some form of computer-mediated technology. It is true that:

a. In the US currently, only about one million people currently work from home for themselves or others.

b. In the US currently, about ten million people currently work from home for themselves or others.

c. In the US currently, about ten million people currently work from home for themselves or others.

d. In the US currently, about fifty million people currently work from home for themselves or others.

e. In the US currently, about one hundred million people currently work from home for themselves or others.

f. None of the above is true.

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In the "Negroponte Switch", the reference is to:

a. The fact that there is more public bandwidth than private bandwidth.

b. The fact that private use bandwidth exceeds public bandwidth.

c. The use of land (terrestrial) channels for public content shifting to wireless.

d. The use of land (terrestrial) channels for private content shifting to wireless.

e. The use of broadcast (wireless) channels for public content shifting to land (terrestrial) channels.

f. The use of broadcast (wireless) channels for private content shifting to land (terrestrial) channels.

g. Both c and f.

h. Both d and e.

i. None of the above. Don't stereotype channels.