10. It’s an approach, not a technology
9. It’s truly global, in the way that food and oil are global
8. It levels the playing field for developing companies and developing nations
7. It’s revived the software industry in a way that was unthinkable a decade ago
6. It fosters the growth of apolitical Open Source
5. It pushes countries to improve their bandwidth
4. It drives the creation of shiny new toys
3. It’s green, no matter what Greenpeace says
2. Its imprecise definition means technology writers will have jobs trying to explain it for a long, long time
1. It isn’t Facebook