On 9/20/07, Rick Funderburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/20/07, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well what do you think? > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Brad Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sep 20, 2007 9:55 AM > > Subject: will Gmail go the way of Lotus 1-2-3 ? > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Very Interesting post -- > > > > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/18.html > > > > > > > I wonder what makes him think that Google wouldn't adapt GMail to use > the new fancy web framework if that is what customers want? Google > has lots of engineers and encourages them to innovate, so I don't > think it would take too long to rework GMail. Google Docs might be > another story, though, as I imagine it is at least an order of > magnitude more complex. > > Even so, with software development cycles being comparatively short > now, I don't see Google misjudging the market to the same extent that > Lotus did. Also, using web apps or internet app distribution (like > Java's Web Start) breaks down some of the hurdles of getting improved > versions to your customers, which can help with retention. > > -- Rick
I tend to agree with you. I think the real question is what will the client side framework be? Will it indeed be something based on Ajax or something more radical and closed, e.g. Flash. I do think there will be a winning client side framework that will become the "new Windows." YMMV. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
