Companies large and small, many that didn't even have e-mail a few years ago, are increasingly exploiting the Internet to reach new customers around the world fast - as well as to cut costs, shorten delivery time, and even re-engineer fundamental processes.
The construction of the plane has been plagued by problems - it is seven years behind schedule and has required numerous re-designs because of delays in software deliveryand bulkhead cracks.
Perhaps we sound ungrateful, but this sort of acceleration for Flash -- the internet's most popular multimedia delivery method -- is long overdue, and we're not overly impressed with the idea of waiting until mid-2010 for it to happen.