THE COMING COMPUTER UTILITY--LAISSEZ-FAIRE, LICENSING OR REGULATION,

Abstract

We are moving headlong into an era where information processing will be available the same way one buys his electricity. But the attributes that distinguish heterogeneous information from the homogeneous products distributed by the earlier utilities are so different that a fresh regulatory approach is needed for technological progress, safety, and the public interest. We may want to think of this as tomorrow's problem. But tomorrow is here. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0650945

Entities

People

  • Paul Baran

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Electricity
  • Information Processing
  • Regulations

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Theoretical Analysis.