Hitch Your Wagon to a Wild Horse?
J. Dowling - April 4, 2000

IT Management Issue

WWW is short for both World Wide Web and Wild Wild Web. It is truly a new frontier. Likened to the Americas of the 19th century, the pathfinders have made it to the Pacific Ocean and back a few times but many losses have been suffered along the way. As in those times, people who want to make the journey to the gold fields of the West choose among a number of guides who tell them what to pack, what supplies to buy and how to prepare their gear for the journey. The guides were in the business of making money and were driven by adventure. Records show that they did not hold a detailed briefing of the dangers and choices that would be made over the three month journey until after several days on the trail. So too the e-Builders of today...