An email I received recently from a customer in Madagascar brought home to me the power of online computing. Apart from the obvious benefits of accessibility and security from theft or damage, I'm not sure I ever envisaged online computing playing a part in a coup d'état:
"Interestingly the mob have ransacked town today and been tear gassed. They are targeting the French and we are in a French building ... All the more reason for your system to be used by companies like ours" Matthew Ffooks, Madagascar, September 12, 2009