In case you had any nagging doubts, I'm here tell you the barriers to electronic software distribution are dropping like twigs in a storm. That means lower rates for the fast connections you need to download software in your lifetime. Smart businesses will jump at the chance to slip into the fast lane. And the home market will tag along later. Major players are working together to hammer out distribution security.
Channel partners say they'll go along.
The industry is homing in on transaction security. The NCSA is launching a program to certify Web sites as safe for business. Soon only the most paranoid will be able to resist the lure of instant gratification. He's going to be saddled with widespread version control problems once staffers see how easy it is to grab the latest and greatest off the Net. And it's only August.