The Internet must and will be harnessed in 4 stages (our opinion, besides a few others) :-

1		Activity	Electronic Brochure. Product Information. Website. CD-ROM, eMail, EDI. Sales Lead Generation.
		Technology	Wow Factor. HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, Flash, Shockwave, VRML/SVR, ASP, BBS, Event Calendar, Traffic Analysis.
2		Activity	Customers, Suppliers, co-workers, Investors. First-level B2B. B2C payment collection (Subject to country laws). eMail forwarded (or database) on-line automated ordering. Content-driven. Product Catalogue. Price Lists. Vendor area. Tendering. Simple Transactions. Tax, Legal, Risk & Security Issues. Edited/Maintained, of substance, Inhouse & Customer journals, Trade Magazines & Dailies.
		Technology	XML. Server Side Scripting. SQL, complex search, Password Protection. SSI. SSL. SET.
3		Activity	Enabler to Driver stage. Core-competent Focus. Out-sourced non-critical areas. web-ERP.
		Technology	Time Share. Complex transactions. Bandwidth, scaleability issues. Multiple currencies. Inventory. Financial Accounting. Closing on-line. C, Java, CORBA, COM. ODBC. Migration, Web-enable application.
4		Activity	Inter and Intra-organisation on-line, cross-country, muylti-lingual, multi-currency, automated systems. Connected to Bank. Multimedia databases, TV, Telecomm and EDP/MIS convenience. Cross-industry Supply Chains. Single-customer centered supplies.
		Technology	Owned ISP. Intranet / Extranet. Firewalls. Open Standards. UN. Govt. Unified Schemas & Standards. EDIFACT. Unicode etc.