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The bitter pills of the technological sector by antipodes
Australia began with the telecommunication market liberalisation in 1997. ... Her economy, including export, is based traditionaly on the mining industry and agriculture, and the technological sector still has to fight for its place on sun. ... And only 18 month ago, before the crisis of new economy broke up, the IT sector has cotributed by 1,3% to annual GDP increase, which was moving around 4% in the years 1996 to 1999. ... About 200 000 people still work directly in the technological companies and another 400 000 in IT departments of the „stone“ firms. ... The warning has come even from the Organization for Economical Cooperation and Development (OECD), who notices in its last year research mainly the fact, that Australia is doing practicaly nothing for the scientifical and research development, and not only in the technological sector, but practicaly in any kind of sience.
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