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Internet Evolution - The Big Report - Web 2.0 Gets Business Chops 

Sick of hearing about Web 2.0? You're not alone: An InformationWeek poll found heavy skepticism about Web 2.0 technologies. Few enterprises are adopting ... them, and fewer still find them useful. The complaints start with the term itself. " 'Web 2.0' is a widely used phrase devoid of meaningful content," says George Stasky, a network administrator at cellular repeater company . He investigated Web-based applications as a way for his company's engineers to share information while at customer sites, but quickly rejected them all. "Stop reading the brochure and start using some of these technologies in a simulated environment. You will soon see that they fall short of their promise and disappear." Some of these systems allow one-way connections, aka stalking: You can make people your "friends" whether they want it or not, and even if they're not actually members of the site or service. The theory is that a colleague or someone else who actually returns your emails might be able to introduce   [More...] [Less...]