Problem:
                    Obsolescence in information systems is caused due to rapid changes in technology. However, part of this obsolescence is also caused by industry for economic reasons to make quick and sustained revenues. Today's many information system products are made obsolete by simply changing the looks (appearance obsolescence), new product versions (not supporting the previous ones), frequent releases (planned obsolescence), design obsolescence (modify design and not support upward compatibility) and so on. This obsolescence is also seeping into education, careers, knowledge, Web data, aging people and other commodity products. Product obsolescence is viewed as a necessity by some as illustrated by the following quotation.The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before someone else does, Bill Gates Founder, Microsoft Corp. A similar comment by Bill Gates is also worth mentioning: In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. In addition, Peter Denning noted the importance of not tying computing principles to rapidly changing technologies such as the silicon chip, the operating system, the Internet, or the expert system, stating that, It sounds like we are defined by ephemeral inventions. Who can be sure that any of these technologies will be with us in a generation? And the field that generates them? In addition, current information systems are prone to security vulerabilities inspite of secuirty patches and prevention mechanisms. When one patch is fixed, another vulnerability pops up. Before all vulnerabilities are fixed, a new version is in the pipeline. This cycle continues, with no end in sight to solve security issues. Most of the academic institutions, industry and government agencies are spending their budgets and resources to address security problems on a daily basis. This also changed the academic teaching focus on addressing security instead of tradictional computer science and engineering fields. In my opinion, security issues will be there for a long time, as our information system architecture and design itself is not secure. The computer systems were designed to run in a glass box and provide services to trusted users. Today, 4.5 billon people use the Internet with global access and some of them are hackers and intruders all over the world. How can you secure a global inforation system world with so many users? There is need for fundamental principles in Information Systems so that we can build systems similar to building monuments and houses. In addition, there is an urgent need to revisit globalization, obsolescence, evolutionary computer architectures and information systems, roots of security vulnerabilities and computer systems in general.