> I doubt either of these is what we will end up with in practice.
I have to mention the very interesting work of Ned Rossiter and Geert Lovink on these issues:
<http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue5/lovink_rossiter.html>
Rossiter has a book length treatment of his concept of organized networks:
<http://www.naipublishers.nl/art/organized_networks_e.html>
and Lovink is busy fostering their development, among other things:
<http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/wintercamp/>
Best, Charles