In sum, all the key technological developments that led to the internet were built around government institutions, major universities and research centers. The Internet did not originate in the business world. It was too daring a technology, too expensive a project, and too risky an initiative to be assumed by profit-oriented organizations.

— Manuel Castells The Internet Galaxy - Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society (2001)

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