Question

Which of the following was one reason why electronic (computer-based) information sharing was challenging in the not too distant past?

a. Individuals and/or members of organizations did not speak the same language.
b. Hardware and software applications on either end could not talk to one another.
c. The most powerful computers were owned by large companies.
d. Organizations needed to protect information for competitive advantage.

Answer 1

B. Hardware and software applications on either end could not talk to one another.

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer to this question is that making connection to the internet used to be very slow, it's operation was difficult and so was its maintenance. Therefore they could be said to be unreliable at the time making electronic information sharing difficult as well as challenging. From this explanation the right answer to this question is answer option b.

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