In the words of Tim Berners-Lee, the "father" of the World Wide Web, from his book entitled "Weaving the Web":

"Buying books from Amazon.com and stocks from E-trade is not all there is to the Web. Neither is the Web some idealised space where we must remove our shoes, eat only fallen fruit, and eschew commercialism."

What are your thoughts on the WWW of the future - should most commercialism be stamped out and it be left to pure research and online services relating to government, banking and bill paying etc?

What I think...
You can't stop commercialism. It's an important part of any human activity. Pure Research will definitely get a boost as so much information is available on the click of a mouse. Online services relating to government are in it's own interest as the net help it to reduce the cost and increase efficiency. Banking and bill paying? Where else can it be done?

That's only a partial list. Where will the kids learn? Where do I play games? Where will I find recipes for my cooking? Who does remind me of my important meetings?

Net is beginning to become a way of life. Keep watching..