Isn't the difference that startups aren't going public? How are small, closely held companies going to cause an economic meltdown?

Why doesn't anyone listen to the guy that coined the phrase?

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/12/web_20_compact.htm...

Computer hardware and software are now commodities. The value in the computing industry has moved. "Data is the Intel Inside."

Pay attention.