The document discusses the evolution of software and technology businesses over time. It notes that transactional software born in the 1980s evolved into more specialized SaaS products in the 1990s. Graphs show the growth of revenues for a company called Nifty Nine from 2001-2006. The document questions where businesses will go next and discusses how specialization has become important. It also examines how the world of work is changing and jobs are becoming more specialized, autonomous or constrained. People and community are seen as still being important parts of new machine-driven systems and technologies.

1. To Infinity and Beyond

5. Nifty Nine 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Mar 2001 Jun 2004 Dec 2005 Jan 2002 Oct 2005 June 2005 Sep 2004 Aug 2004 Dec 2005 June 2006

6. Nifty Nine 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 $1,400M $1,200M $1,000M $800M $600M $400M $200M 2001 $17B Market Cap

8. The Great Internet Laboratory Yesterday Tomorrow Large Companies Consumer

10. Specialization Matters

11. Specialization Matters

12. Specialization Matters 12,000,000 Programmers 2,000,000+ Books On Amazon ~100,000

13. Specialization Matters

14. Specialization Matters World of Warcraft

15. World of Work

17. Our World of Work Search for Known Information

18. Our World of Work Search for Known Information in the Deep Web World of Work Transactional System Deep Web 1,000,000+ TB Surface Web 100 TB

19. People are Part of the Machine

20. Webex Meetings

21. The World is Flat