At today's conference, one speaker recounted his childhood memories, of what "entertainment" meant in those days and how it evolved over the years.

He is from India. When he was little, the only broadcast platform that his family and fellow villagers could access was "All-India Radio". The "all" part of the radio station's name was something of a misnomer, as even in his village, the audibility of the broadcast very much depended on the direction and force of the wind!

Some years later, Radio Ceylon came into being. It had a music-on-demand slot between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning. It was the most popular slot, understandably. In fact, it was so popular that before long, the number of songs they could play in that one-hour slot dwindled from 20 to three - the DJ spent most of the 60 minutes reading an ever-growing list of names, names of those who requested the songs and names of those to whom the requested songs were dedicated.

Then, at one point, he got hold of a tape recorder. When his favourite song came on, he would push the "Play" and "Record" button simultaneously. Slowly, he built up a collection of "pirated" copies of music this way. But they were invariably of poor quality.

In his late teens, some of his wealthier peers were able to buy records. He would then borrow from them and play them at home. That marked a major upgrade of his experience of "entertainment".

The rest is history.

Today, he stood on the podium as a renowned expert from the software industry. At his fingertips is an inexhaustible pool of entertainment resources, readily available at the click of the mouse, transmitted at, literally, lightning speed. And the quality is not compromised by the transmission, over any distance.