如我在这个专栏的前几篇文章所做的,我打算利用这个专栏讨论那些由互联网发展引起的新的经济学问题。不错,目前“新经济”的发展正进入“低谷”期,要不了多久,我估计在明年第一季度业绩报告之前,人们甚至会厌倦了讨论与“互联网”有关的任何题目。可是,来自硅谷的报道仍不断告诉我们:互联网作为最重要的技术手段正被广泛地运用到传统产业的各个领域当中去。我们注意到,最近约占硅谷总就业人员三分之一的高科技人员陆续被 As I did in the previous articles in this column, I intend to use this column to discuss new economic issues that arise from the development of the Internet. Yes, it is not long before the development of the “new economy” is entering its “downturn.” I estimate that people will even get tired of discussing any topic related to “the Internet” until the first quarter of next year’s performance report. However, reports from Silicon Valley keep telling us that the Internet is being used as a most important technical tool in various fields of traditional industries. We note that the recent high-tech personnel, which account for about one-third of the total employed in Silicon Valley,