It isn't about weed, whites, and wine anymore. Not when you have information systems masquerading as freight lines. Jack Rickard scopes out the emerging billion-dollar cottage industry of BBSes. A bitter culture clash has reduced Japan to a third-rate power in networking. You go to a small village in Africa.
People are hungry.
By Rich Karpinski Wired 2.06, Jun 1994 The Accidental Zillionaire Microsoft spawned two billionaires. Paul Allen is the other one. To the American heartland, they're information-age Robin Hoods, dispensing cheap cable access. To the cable industry, they're organized crime, pulling in half a billion dollars a year. By Charles Platt Wired 2.08, Aug 1994 Why Jim Clark Loves Mosaic After leaving Silicon Graphics, Jim Clark wanted to get into the interactive-television business, but wasn't sure where fire would next strike.