The impact of the net has become evident in the way companies do business with their customers or suppliers, making transactions easier and creating additional value. However, on very few occasions is the effect these changes have on the way operations are carried out described. For this reason, many companies continue to operate in the traditional manner, without taking advantage of the opport...

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I n December 1999 CrossTalk [3], David Cook provided a well-reasoned historical analysis of programming language development and considered the role languages play in the software development process. The article was valuable because it showed that programming language developments are not sufficient to ensure success; however, it would be dangerous to conclude from this that they are not neces...

Telephony is an Internet application that has the potential to radically alter the telecommunications environment. This application may a ect traditional regulatory structures, subsidy structures, business models, etc. Today, users can transmit telephone-like voice tra c over the Internet at zero incremental price, unlike circuit switched telephony, which has a per-minute incremental price. Whi...