Requirements for a Public Key Trust Infrastructure to Support Business to Business Transactions Wednesday, March 31, 1999 Peter C. Freund, Chairman of CertCo

Growth of Internet Business Seats Source: Gartner Group 1/99 * Active Seats-Worldwide In Thousands Growth: 236%

Value of the Network Nodes in the Network Metcalfe's Law--V=An 2 "Value of the Network Is Proportional to the Square of the Nodes"

Walter Wriston, BusinessWeek, 3/8/99 “... Brian Arthur’s work at the Santa Fe Institute and at Stanford shows that the law of increasing returns does operate. That means that one fax machine is worth nothing; connect 10,000, they’re worth a lot. The same thing happens with credit cards and everything else. It’s the reverse of the law of diminishing returns. It’s a function of the network economy.” Network Economy

Growth in Value of the Business Internet-- V=An 2 Value of the Business Network Years, It’s Obvious Growth: 570%

March 30, 1999 (In Billions) General Motors$57.2AOL$135.0 Merrill Lynch 33.0Charles Schwab 37.7 CBS 28.9Yahoo 34.6 Sears Roebuck 17.6Amazon.com 26.5 Sothebys 1.2Ebay 16.6 Market Capitalization

Growth in Value of the Business Internet-- V=An 2 Value of the Business Network Years, It’s Obvious Growth: 570%

Map of Civilization on the Internet

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