The state of consumerism Too many VCs and entrepreneurs got sucked into the fallacy that everyone would be in such a buying frenzy that they would have to order things from their cell phones and PDAs while driving home from work, instead of just waiting until they got home. Preferably those set by Microsoft. Next important standard is XML, and Microsoft is there. XML and business processes are being built into Office to establish those standards. Everyone's spending about the same dollars, but the value companies get varies by as much as a factor of 5.
Some value is hard to measure, but it's there.
Amazing decade coming. Watch out for it. Richard L. Brandt is eFounders' editor and director of business development. FREE IT consulting for your business. Over 21,000 IT solutions listed.