says the author<\/a>.. he may well be right!!<\/p>\nThe limits to which the archaic minds of the telecom companies – controlling the stakes in the cables that run the internet – or the music companies can stoop to are amazing! There are a couple of innovations about to happen .. right around the corner. And these two bunch of crazy folks will be left holding their sticks.. to beat the bushes around them!<\/p>\n
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