Eventually, if the pairing makes it into common usage, the hyphen is dropped. Micro-computer becomes microcomputer. You get the point. My point is, the sudden evolution from electronic commerce to e-commerce to ecommerce speaks volumes about the current state of corporations. Electronic business, once seen as the sole domain of Fortune 100 companies and well-funded dotcoms, has hit the mainstream.
Digital business is no longer a fantasy.
This is not merely an American phenomenon, either. In some crucial areas, such as the wireless Web, corporates in Europe and Asia are leading the way. Pretty soon, all business processes will be Web-enabled, all commerce will be ecommerce. Houston, we have a problem. The Economist Newspaper Limited.