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The term Internet ecosystem is here to stay. <br>
In contemporary use the term ecosystem has a wider meaning that just
the ecological.<br>
It has the specific use as<span> "a biological community of
interacting organisms and their physical environment"</span><span><br>
But it has a general use as "a complex network or interconnected
system", e.g. </span><span class="vmod">"Silicon Valley's
entrepreneurial ecosystem" <br>
The prefix "eco" has Greek and Latin roots in "Household" or
"house" and is the source of the name for my profession
"Economist". <br>
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Sam (aka: Pedantic Economist <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>:-)</span></span>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/8/2017 12:47 AM, avri doria wrote:<br>
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On 07-Mar-17 13:04, Greg Shatan wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> I tend to prefer Ecosystem, even though there's nothing "ecological"
about it.
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the very reason i hate that usage.
avri
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