Apparently Steve and Max Borders of TCS have been going back and forth about the D-i-B concept that I broached in my interview with Borders, and it came down to sort of a dare from Borders to Steve to lay out the argument for the preeminent role of the private sector in making D-i-B truly feasible and realistic in a globalized world.

So Steve is formulating his answer, and it's going to be a great article. I gave it a once-over edit this morning and came away impressed. I think when you read it you realize why Steve and I are feeling more and more like a hand-in-glove fit in our individual efforts at thought leadership.

Once his piece comes out at TCS, which will be soon, I will be sorely tempted to try my own peculiar version in my Sunday column.