被称为网络年的1997年,全球营业额为1420亿美元(美国为800亿美元)。换句话说,1997年的增长率仅为17％到18％。这可不是一个令人满意的年增长率。厂商、用户以及分析家均提出疑问,比往年更加热切地预测着1998年的竞争形式,并认为1998年将是服务年。 Decisys公司副总裁David Passmore指出:“如果其它产业的增长率仅是这么多的话,那它早就消失了,人们对网络真是太过宠爱了。”那么,网络业的增长率何 In 1997, known as the Internet Year, the global turnover was $142 billion (US$80 billion in the United States). In other words, the growth rate in 1997 was only 17% to 18%. This is not a satisfactory annual growth rate. Manufacturers, users, and analysts all questioned that they are more eagerly predicting the form of competition in 1998 than in previous years, and that 1998 will be the service year. David Passmore, deputy president of Decisys, pointed out: “If the growth rate of other industries is only so much, then it has long since disappeared and people are too petty about the network.” So what is the growth rate of the Internet industry?