In the microcosm of the subatomic world, making things visible adds energy to the system and alters everything. Looking at something inevitably changes it. In the macrocosm of the Internet and intranet, celestial bodies move at the speed of light. Things move so rapidly that it seems impossible to know either the velocity or position of anything. Technologies frequently come into existence, only to be swept away by newer ones.
Products are cool today and gone tomorrow.
Standards are obviated by standards and standards themselves become a meaningless concept. A recent study by IDC for InfoWorld magazine indicates 76 percent of corporations currently have or are planning an intranet. Of these, nearly all will use their intranets to facilitate enterprise-wide communications, while more than 65 percent will use it as a platform for distributed computing. Sadly, many intranets are evolving with no clear objective, seemingly through a process of random mutation. Take this, add that, shave a little off the sides.