Prep for Quiz 2

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Questions: Be prepared to answer one of the following question

• Hardware and Software:
  • Man is a visual animal: How has the evolution of hardware and software reflected this fact and how is this evolution related to Moore's law. Let us have some economics.
  • What is the economics of backwards compatible.
  • Discuss at least two ways in which competition has driven the evolution of software.
• Communications
  • Why did economic considerations give communications incentives to harness higher and higher frequenceis in the evolution of the telephone system.
  • What are the economics of the shift from analog to digital communications.
  • What are the economics of teleconferencing and telecommuting
  • What is the current state of competition on communication

Research Question: Research the following questions

1. Why did the 1996 Telecommunications Act fail to promote local competition in communication.
2. Why will business substitute teleconferencing for airline flights.
3. At some point most of you will marry and yes most of you will probably have children. How can advances in communication improve your ability to raise children.