[LINK] When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...

[Tom Worthington]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:03 +1000, "Bernard Robertson-Dunn"
<brd at iimetro.com.au> wrote:
> When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death... Oliver Marks August 3rd, 2009
> ZDNet  http://blogs.zdnet.com/collaboration/?p=787
> 
> For those who think collaboration technology simply breaks down rigid 
> command and control management hierarchies, consider the origins of the 
> term: the military. ...

Some of the second generation military Command and Control systems (C2)
are taking on aspects of social networking:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/07/second-generation-military-c2-it.html>.

Keep in mind that the military have been using the web for a decade. I
watched US Marines using Netscape Navigator to coordinate a hypothetical
invasion of Queensland in 1997 on board their flagship:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/nt/tt97.html>.
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