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Insight
The revolution of the Internet has had a great impact on the way that business is done, people communicate, and information is shared. Today it is possible to order just about any product over the information superhighway, but the fear over security reduces the Internet's potential.
I realize, of course, that predicting the future is a dangerous business. As management theorist Peter Drucker has written, "Forecasting is not a respectable human activity and not worthwhile beyond the shortest of periods" ( Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices).
The Internet, and the emerging "hypernet" of networked applications and communication devices, are the backbone of the knowledge economy. Networked technologies are accelerating the shift in the economic foundation from the physical to the non-physical, changing the world conversation and allowing the natural pattern of organizations to emerge.
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Soft Testing
The following scenario was described in an online tutorial I came across recently: