One mark of a maturing industry is its ownership infrastructure. Our own information industry is a case in point. Led by technology advances occurring over the past decade or more, the information management and software industries continue to undergo significant change and to gain prominence in business and scientific circles.
Financial investors noticing these advances are gaining major influence through their industry investments. The amount of money available in the form of "cheap debt," which enabled investment companies to make deals that often made headlines, had an impact on all industries, including ours. Over the past few years, there have been increased and significant …