Hi Tom, What I've been saying to people about the whole Internet thing is: The first cars were built in about 1895, so what were cars like 50 years on? Pretty primitive compared to today right? Well, the very first "internet" connectivity was in about 1969 and the WWW wasn't until 1993 or so so I'd guess it is still pretty primitive, with lots of room for improvement, right?
My domain name - don't actually have a web site up at the moment - dates from July 1995, less than a year after one could connect readily to internet web sites. When I registered it domain registration was free and my number was 64,000 something. I don't recall the exact number but something got screwed up in the registration process and when it was found they did not give me the same number when they fixed it. I got a new number in the 300,000s, still very early on.
Anyway, my point is that we need to expect there will be lots of crazy changes going forward, so hold onto your hats because the winds of change are likely to get quite strong, especially since none of the companies want to spend any money on truly good and complete documentation.
Best,
Allen
