It tells us that those of us in government from politicians who make the laws and policies to the regulators who write the rules and enforce the laws must be certain our actions in the B2B and E-commerce world are necessary and rational. We must get this right, otherwise we could do terrible harm. I would suggest that right now, despite all the rhetoric, we are not knowledgeable enough to begin regulating. We must look before we leap. This is exciting.
Empowerment scares regulators and politicians.
Some even fight back. There has always been resistance to change. The evolution of dynamic economies is about change, improvements, success, and failures, but always progress. The phenomena of the B2B business model today might manifest itself as a competitive advantage for those engaged over those not engaged, yet in the not too distant future it will be but another cost of doing business, for it will be the new way of doing business by most in one form or another. The FTC has much to learn about what you are doing, about the technology, about the advantages, the problems, the successes, the future.