"Some of the people who were interviewed emphasized direct access to information, and the abolishment of the mediation function provided by the data gatekeepers." (This is a hot topic in information technology at the moment, related to the so-called Cathedral-vs-Bazaar controversy, which in turn dates back to the pre-Cambrian times when, in order to run a program, you had to carry your boxes of punched cards down to the Data Processing dungeon and beg the indulgence of the Mainframe Wizards...!) -- HTH, HC