12 IT Industry Disaster Scenarios

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Submission + - 12 IT Industry Disaster Scenarios (infoworld.com)

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snydeq

on Friday October 12, 2012 @12:29AM

snydeq writes: "The end of the world may or may not be nigh, but in the tech industry, many of these 12 possibilities could easily become reality for IT. From legislation against municipal fiber, to Oracle starting charging for the JDK, to the bad guys win the war on general-purpose computing, a number of scenarios could play out in the coming years to seriously damage the technology industry and all the people who depend on it."

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