It will be replaced by a new software paradigm. We're in a strange place at the moment. The sweet stench of Dot Com carcasses wafts through the equity and venture markets. But we are entering a new era.
Many people think the Internet and the Web are the same thing.
The Internet is a piece of wire that goes from me to you and from me to 300 million other people in the world. Before the Web, other software was clamped onto the Internet. WAIS, Gopher, and Usenet were the dominant systems, and there were companies that were doing commerce using those software models. Most civilians think that the Web will define the landscape for a long time. The game is going to play out for 20 to 30 years, and there will be an ABC of the Web, and a CBS, and a BBC, and an NBC, etc.