IBM 董事长兼首席执行总裁郭士纳:网络社会的价值是什么呢?这些数以百万计的(不久就会达到十亿)由网络联系起来的人们将做些什么呢?他们会有些什么需求?他们花钱想得到些什么呢?我们认为答案是:他们想做他们日常生活中的所有事情。买东西、卖东西、换驾照、在银行取款和支付账单、查阅文献、学习、授课、协同工作、娱乐、赚钱……换句话说,人们将很重视这些应用,无论是互相联系或者是以大量业务交易为目的的应用,关键是使他们能够实实在在地办成事情并从中获益。 Gerstner, IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: What is the value of online society? What will these millions of people (and soon will reach billions) be networked? What will they have? Demand? What do they want to spend? We think the answer is: They want to do everything in their daily lives. Buy things, sell things, change drivers’ licenses, withdraw money and pay bills, read literature, learn, teach, work together, entertain, make money at banks ... In other words, people will value these applications, be they interconnected or in large numbers The key to business transaction-oriented applications is to enable them to do things and benefit from it.