Dvorak: "Internet or Web-centric computing is, in fact, ludicrous. Perhaps because no killer app of this magnitude has been witnessed since the desktop publishing phenomenon that began 15 years ago, people are overexcited. But is it such a killer app that we should be focusing all our attention on it? ... Why should a computer publication even care about eBay, for example? ... A good question to bring in the readers is, What is the underlying fascination with the Internet and sites like eBay? What's the big deal? And will this kill the computer scene by diverting resources and attention? You tell me." While I don't quite think web-centric computing is, in fact, ludricous (and I doubt Dvorak does either), he makes an interesting point. I've often wondered when so-called technology publications would stop reporting on things like eBay where the techology isn't really the thing of interest at all. And it's interesting to think of how many hardware- or other non-Internet-related technologies have not gotten funded -- or even thought about -- over the last few years, because everyone was trying to compete to be the next eBay, or eSocks, or whatever. As far as what the fascination is, I think a lot of it is very simple: It's about money. Just as Silicon Valley used to be about technology and is now about money (or so I hear).