The Cold War engulfed the entire world for nearly half a century. ... A country's policies and behavior must appeal to the international community, and war discourages this community from writing useful investment checks. Potential wartime governments have two options from which they can decide: either fight wars and risk losing international support, or make peace with adversaries and keep cash flow infiltrating steadily. ... When people begin to demand information and analyze trades, a separation between companies is created, forcing the good upwards and the bad downwards. ...
Many companies have been formed to write software to protect a computer from viruses. ... Von Neumann's theory was not put into practice until the 1950's when employees at Bell Labs created a game called "core wars". ... The most targeted computers were large company systems storing important data on them. A virus could cost these companies thousands to fix lost data. ...
Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin notes that in the post-Cold War era, America's power and prestige may ultimately depend less on being a military superpower than on being an information and entertainment superpower. ... Mobile telephony is growing rapidly in Europe and parts of Asia, for example, making hardware market leaders out of companies like Nokia and Mitsubishi. ... Cable companies such as TCI are already deeply involved in the local British telephone market, and phone companies such as US West and NYNEX are involved in consortia to deliver cable service. ...
Then, he declares better wages and workplace conditions to his parent company; however, of course, parent company does not do anything for him. ... Finally, he is determined to fight alone against unscrupulous politics, company executives, and also extreme capitalisms. ... In my script, good god is Athens; goddess of virginity and wisdom, and bad god is Eris; goddess of war. ...
Before World War I there were only sixty-two independent nations in the entire world, however today this number has more than tripled, due to the formation of many small states. ... For example large countries must try to act like large multinational companies with highly decentralized structures. ...