Korean internet turning into a Galapagos Island?

"Korean IT sector has taken an evolutionary path to increasingly resemble Galapagos Islands."

An intriguing idea proposed by The Hankyoreh, a local daily, in a feature article (published on July 27), is creating a stir within Korean technology circles.

Why Galapagos? The islands are famous for their unique and colorful bio-diversity but remain vulnerable to the infiltration of alien species because they took an entirely different evolutionary path for millennium, isolated from the rest of the world. Should any competing species armed with evolutionary superiority, advance to the islands before indigenous residents develop a sufficient defense mechanism, the fauna and flora of the entire island can easily be wiped out. More...

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