CyberCaf model for the CyberCorp?

Opening remarks from the chair

By Tom Worthington

Director of the Community Affairs Board

Australian Computer Society Inc.

At the IIR Doing Business On-line Conference

9am 28 November 1995, Golden Gate Hotel, Sydney

Coffee-house. 1615 A house of entertainment where coffee and other refreshments are provided. (Much frequented in the 17th and 18th c. for the purpose of political and literary conversation, circulation of news, ect.)

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary; OUP 1973

Summary

We should not look to current organisation structure for insights about the future CyberCorp (network based organisation), but to the loose and informal arrangements which have grown up around the Internet. Just as 20th century ideas of business and culture were influenced by informal arrangements in 17th century coffee-houses, today's Cyber Cafes provide a model for 21st century business.

Outline

• Flaws in current information future analysis

  Example: James Martin's model of the US Cyber Corporation.

• Previous failure by Australian business to define the InfoWay future:

  Netorked pay for use databases

• Coming failures

  Non-standard networks

• Corporation from anarchy in the Internet Cafe
• What to do about it

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See also:

• Day Two program
• Conference home page
• Australian Computer Society