I will begin by discussing the first major age of change and development, in this case, the industrial revolution. It now seems that the industrial revolution heralded the beginning of a new system that would concentrate on continuing development and heightening technology, not least when the military could find uses for them. ... America had emerged as the forerunners of manufacturing and their civil war is described as 'the first industrialized war'. ... Quite obviously the country that would could get as many troops as quickly as possible to the front line had an advantage over th...

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During the 1960s, the ARPA formed a network which grew and evolved into the Internet. ... During the 1970s various government, scientific, and academic groups developed their own networks. ... During the Internet's creation, its creators sent packaged information over wires from computer to computer. This was the basis for the e-mail revolution, which changed the way the world communicates. ... IRC is networked over much of North America, Europe, and Asia (Eddings, Joshua. pg 57)." ...

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The technology revolution is upon us. ... The original use of the Internet was to maintain communication during the cold war, with the Soviet Union in 1969, by the Department of Defense, incase of a nuclear attack or a major catastrophe. ... The discovery of such technology became a race between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. ... The physical network was constructed by the end of 1969 during the Vietnam War, linking four nodes: University of California Santa Barbara, Stanford Research Institute, the University of Utah and the University of California Los Angeles. ...

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This is advantageous to the direct model by allowing easier communication for support, service, and production. (1) Technological Threats: • Software piracy - Chinese software companies sell knockoff PC's with bootlegged software for cheaper prices (3) • Many people do not need faster computers right now because most software already works pretty well on the current hardware. (2) EXPAND IN FULL PAPER Regulatory/Political Opportunities: • Chinese government wants to promote national industries like Information Technology (3) LOOK AT SOURCE • In the l...

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