ECON: "The New Old Economy"

From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 06:46:29 MST

Here's a link to an extremely well-written and researched article about the
impact of advancing information technology and robotics on a sector of the
economy that most people think of as quintessentially "Old Economy" - the
petroleum prospecting and development industry (or, as we call it here in
Houston, "the All Bidness"):

    http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/01/rauch.htm

The author does a masterful job of explaining and describing many of the
technologies I work with in my law practice.

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